A man sitting outside an Ohio gas station was beaten by a group of 12 teenagers in a brutal and unprovoked attack, Cleveland officials say.
Surveillance video captured the group of teens who allegedly call themselves the Kia Boys arriving at the gas station — on the city’s northeast side — in stolen Kias and Hyundais late Tuesday night. In the video you can see several teens walk up to a man sitting against a wall and jump on him with multiple kicks and punches. The man then tries to get away, but more of the group step in, surrounding him, and he’s unable to escape. At one point, the man is thrown into the air and body slammed onto the parking lot, video shows. Eventually, he’s able to escape by running into the store.
“I was disgusted and appalled watching the level of violence directed at someone who appears to be simply doing nothing but sitting outside of a gas station,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley said “The man is lucky to be alive,” he said, adding that after receiving medical care, “he’s doing OK.”
O’Malley was joined by a host of police and city leaders condemning the violence, including Mayor Justin Bibb. The beating was just the beginning, according to officials. After the victim flees the group, multiple juveniles pull out guns — one pulling a rifle out of their pants — and fire dozens of shots at someone or something down the street, O’Malley said.
Police aren’t sure what the teens were firing at, but nobody was injured. Several individuals involved in the beating and shooting have not been identified, officials said.
The entire incident happened over the course of five minutes, O’Malley said. The juveniles got into the stolen cars and drove away.
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