Five Florida teenagers have been charged in the violent, videotaped beating of a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of one of the country’s worst school shootings.
The fifth teenager linked to the savage beating on December 12 turned himself in at the Coral Springs Police Department on Monday morning, and officers are still searching for one more suspect, WPLG-TV News reported.
The disturbing video first published by TMZ shows a lone teenager, who has not been identified, being attacked by a half-dozen students who repeatedly kicked and punched him, until a young brute throws him headfirst to the pavement.
The victim suffered a skull fracture and other injuries.
Parkland school officials identified the alleged attackers and police obtained arrest affidavits Thursday.
“The safety of our community and schools remains our top priority,” the department said in a news release. “On a daily basis, we have approximately 50 officers from multiple specialized units who are assigned to patrol areas around schools during dismissal. In this incident, we had two officers on patrol around North Community Park during dismissal time.”
Four Florida teenagers were charged last week in the Dec. 12 gang beating of a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. On Monday, a fifth suspect turned himself in to the Coral Springs Police Department. Local 10
The five teens in custody were identified by police as Sylvester Hicks, 16, Jahmeer Beauziel, 17, Caleb Hensley, 17, Jordan Thompson, 16, and Chinua Leefatt, 15.
Four are Marjory Stoneman Douglas students and the fifth is at nearby Coral Glades High School.
Each of the teens was charged with felony assault, according to police.
Beauziel’s surrender on Monday leaves one more suspect wanted by police.
In an email to parents last week, the school’s principal, Michelle Kefford, said she hopes to expel them.
“We are also doing everything we can through district processes to ensure these students do not return to our campus,” he wrote in the email, according to WPLG.
Disturbing video shows the moment half a dozen teenagers attack a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The teenage victim is thrown headlong onto the pavement as dozens of students watch the Dec. 12 attack.
Meanwhile, Barrington Leefatt, the father of suspect Chinua Leeffatt, told the outlet last week that the victim was the one who instigated the fight by hitting his son first.
“That [victim] He is not innocent, I assure you,” Leefatt said. “He was attacked first. I have video [of] that. “My son is the victim here.”
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is known for the horrific 2018 mass shooting that left 14 students and three teachers dead.
The teenage victim lies motionless after being thrown headfirst onto the pavement.
Former student Nikolas Cruz was sentenced to 17 life sentences last year for the Valentine’s Day massacre.
Police said Cruz stormed the school with an AR-15 assault rifle and opened fire, spraying defenseless victims with bullets and, in some cases, circling to finish off the wounded.
On February 15 of this year, a day after the fifth anniversary of the shootings, the school was placed on lockdown after educators received a “suspicious phone call.”
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