MIAMI – A South Florida teen was beaten unconscious and one of his friends injured during an altercation between several juveniles outside SLAM! Miami Charter School, according to video and reports.
The fight occurred Thursday afternoon in the area of Northwest 12th Avenue and Fifth Street, in the Little Havana neighborhood.
Investigators said the fight left two juveniles injured. They were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Christopher Lopez, 15, suffered several blows to the head.
Lopez said he and his friend were jumped after classes ended for the day.
Video footage of the altercation has surfaced on social media, capturing what appears to be the massive fight and the two injured juveniles.
The video shows the assailants repeatedly kicking Lopez’s friend, who was already on the ground. The camera pans and shows Lopez unconscious.
Lopez, a freshman at the charter school, said he was walking with his friend when he saw the group. He believes they meant to attack someone else.
“When I saw them coming to me, they were saying another name that wasn’t mine, or my friend that got jumped, too,” he said. “We were confused. We turned back, and I asked my own friend, like, ‘Are they coming for us?’ He shook his head, he’s like, ‘Yeah.”
Lopez said he doesn’t remember everything that happened next.
One of the people in the video can be seen with what appears to be brass knuckles during the fight.
At JMH, Lopez said, he was told he suffered a concussion. He was later discharged and is at home recovering.
Police said they have made a total of seven arrests following the incident.
Via WSVN