Video of the fight shows Kaylee Gain being shoved to the ground before her head is repeatedly smashed into the pavement by another teenage girl.
FILE - Kaylee Gain was still unconscious 10 days after a fight in St. Louis, Mo., where another teenager was filmed smashing Gain's head against the pavement.who was attacked by other teens earlier this month, is still critically injured and unconscious more than one week after the harsh beating, according to a statement from the family’s lawyer.The fight, captured in a now-viral video, shows Gain being shoved to the ground and punched repeatedly in the head by another girl.
The St. Louis County Police Department said they arrested an unnamed 15-year-old female juvenile suspect on March 9. The 15-year-old is being held by the St. Louis County Family Court on assault charges related to the fight.In a statement, Gain’s parents condemned physical violence and bullying. It is not yet clear if Gain was being bullied, or was a bully, prior to the attack.
“Kaylee’s parents want to make a special request to their fellow parents in the community to ask them to reinforce to their children that physical violence and bullying are never appropriate, and to emphasize to their children that lives of both the perpetrators of teen violence and the victims of violence can be permanently and forever changed as a result of violent incidents that last only a few minutes,” the statement reads.
John O’Sullivan, director of communication for the St. Louis County Courts, said it is too early to determine if the arrested 15-year-old will be tried as an adult. Regardless, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has already called for the teen to be tried as an adult and charged with murder, should the incident become a homicide.
“I believe all of the facts and circumstances of this incident are not appropriate to discuss at this time when another child is in such a critical condition,” Smith wrote in a statement to KSDK. “Those facts and circumstances will have their day in court. I join the call to denounce teen violence and bullying. And most importantly, I join my client and her family in extending our prayers for this family and their child.
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