Broward deputies investigate as video shows group of children ganging up on peer

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NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Alarming caller video shows a radical of young students ganging up connected a adjacent successful North Lauderdale.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident, which progressive some mediate and precocious schoolhouse students.

The combat broke retired adjacent to Silver Lakes Middle School. The video includes speech astir idiosyncratic taking the victim’s chain.

The unit rapidly scattered erstwhile deputies moved successful aft acrophobic neighbors called BSO.

“I heard a kid accidental thing about, ‘I person a gun,’ and I was disquieted that some, each of them, really had a gun,” a neighbour said. “It was benignant of bittersweet to watch.”

The cowardly gang-up comes connected the heels of different combat Local 10 News precocious covered.

A pupil from Driftwood Middle School successful Hollywood was pummeled connected the schoolhouse autobus home. The operator pulled implicit and called the police.

Two students were suspended.

The territory confirmed that the North Lauderdale incidental involves students from respective different schools successful the country too Silver Lakes. BSO officials said deputies are actively investigating the incident.

Broward County Public Schools statement:

"The main confirmed that helium was made alert of an incidental involving 1 of the students from Silver Lakes Middle School. The incidental took spot aft schoolhouse hours and distant from the schoolhouse campus.

School administrators person been informed that the Broward Sheriff’s Office is presently handling an probe into this matter. Preliminary accusation suggests the engagement of students from aggregate schools successful the area, including students from section precocious schools and a charter school.

No further details regarding the origin oregon circumstances surrounding the incident. The schoolhouse is cooperating with instrumentality enforcement arsenic they behaviour their investigation.

Please beryllium assured that the information and information of our students is ever our apical priority."

BSO statement:

"At astir 4:15 p.m., Thursday, May 15, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a telephone astir a combat adjacent the 7400 artifact of Tam O Shanter Boulevard successful North Lauderdale. When deputies arrived connected country to interruption up the fight, they learned a juvenile antheral had been assaulted by aggregate different juveniles. Detectives accidental the subjects fled the country pursuing the incident. The circumstances surrounding the combat is being investigated by BSO North Lauderdale District detectives. The probe continues."