MIAMI – Multiple SLAM! Miami students are facing charges after a video captured a savage beating last week.
A group of teenagers, one of who used an object to cover his knuckles, targeted two students of the charter school at 542 NW 12th Ave., on Thursday in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.
The video shows the group beating the boys unconscious. One was on the sidewalk twitching. After the attackers ran away, witnesses started to shout for help.
A representative for the school released a statement, saying they were working with authorities to investigate the incident and identify the culprits. Officials reported the boys were stable.
The Miami Police Department confirmed to Local 10 Monday that seven students, ages 15-17, had been arrested in connection with the attack. All face felony battery charges. Their identities have not been released.
According to arrest reports, the victims were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital and later told police they did not know why they were attacked.
Police said one of the victims said they were leaving the school when he saw a large group of vehicles pulling up alongside the road.
He said a group of males then got out of the cars and began approaching them.
The victim was able to identify one of the suspects who punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground before others began beating him until he lost consciousness, police said.
The victim regained consciousness while being transported by fire rescue. He suffered several hematomas throughout his face and a concussion.
According to the reports, the other victim told police he did not remember anything from the attack due to the concussion he also sustained from the beating.
Police said the victim also required stitches on his right ear.
According to the arrest reports, some of the students arrested in connection with the attack spoke to detectives with their parents present, while other parents invoked their children’s right to have an attorney present.
The statements given to police were redacted from the publicly released reports.
Detectives asked anyone with further information about the case to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.
Editor’s note: The original article stated that “Miami-Dade County Public Schools officials reported that the boys were stable.” An MDCPS official said the charter school is not affiliated with the district.