CALIFORNIA – A 16-year-old boy was stabbed and beaten by multiple people at Dockweiler Beach during a vicious assault captured on video.
The teenager’s mother, Frankie, says her son suffered a concussion and spent days in the intensive care unit with severe injuries.
Frankie said the assault happened Feb. 10 at a bonfire party at the beach. She said the fight started after her son tried to help a friend and that he was not the aggressor – a detail police confirmed.
Video showed the teen cover his face as he’s being stomped, kicked and stabbed by at least five assailants.
The Los Angeles Police Department said some of the juvenile suspects behind the attack have now been identified and detectives are interviewing them. LAPD said it’s aware of video of the attack and is investigating the footage.
Although investigators have not determined if the assault was a hate crime, some of the language used in the attack leads Frankie to believe it was a gang-affiliated hate crime.
She said the suspects also hurled racial and homophobic slurs at her son during the attack.