Wetin dey happen for Surprise, Arizona don make parents dey fear for their pikin safety. Na serious matter wey burst for house party where dem attack one 15-year-old boy. The thing happen Saturday night near Sarival Avenue and Greenway Road, and police say dem still dey find the people wey do am.
Video wey high school students share with ABC15 show how group of about 11 young boys surround the victim. Dem dey beat am, kick am, stomp for body. The boy mama wey no wan mention her name because of safety talk say her pikin lucky to still dey alive. She say just minutes after her son reach the party, dem surround am, threaten am with gun, beat am wella, and even throw am inside swimming pool.
“Nobody dey help am,” the mama yarn with pain for voice. “All the pikin wey dey there just dey record with phone. My son manage escape by jumping wall.” She carry am go emergency room where doctors confirm say e get concussion, head wounds, and broken nose. Medical report show say if the boy no be say e tall reach 6’1″ and fit defend himself small, the thing for don kill am.
Surprise Police Sergeant Rick Hernandez talk say dem respond to the house around 9 p.m. after dem hear say gun dey there. “Our investigators see say multiple people attack the teenage victim for video,” Hernandez yarn. Police don release one video clip wey show person of interest wey wear mask and point gun for the victim. Dem dey work with school resource officers and real-time information center to identify suspects.
Sergeant Hernandez warn say this kind party wey dem promote for social media fit escalate quick when no adult dey supervise. “E dey important for parents to dey communicate with their children and dey check them regularly,” he advise. The 14 School Resource Officers for Surprise dey available to help families.
Another Surprise papa wey no wan mention name talk say his own 16-year-old son dem rob at gunpoint for February. Thieves collect items worth about $2,000. “We believe say na the same people,” the papa talk. “Dem get videos and pictures. I want dem stop this people because their behavior dey escalate. Now e don turn violent. I no want dem kill person.”
Police say dem dey investigate that robbery case but dem no confirm yet if e connect to Saturday attack. “We no know if these two incidents connect,” Sergeant Hernandez talk. “But our investigators go look every possible angle.”
The mama of the attacked boy talk say she buy house for Surprise to run from teen violence wey she dey hear about. “Now this happen,” she talk with worry. She dey hope say dem go hold the culprits quick. “E dey risky to make me wait for system to play out while these people dey terrorize community,” the other papa add. “If dem feel say nobody fit touch dem, dem go escalate more.”
The mama still dey think about wetin for happen if her son no come home that day. “I dey fear for another pikin wey this fit happen to am,” she talk. “My son lucky. What if the next pikin no lucky?” Police want public help to identify the masked person and other suspects. Dem ask anybody wey get information to call 623-222-TIPS or email crimetips@surpriseaz.gov with reference to incident number 260400178.
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