Posted on 05/11/2015 7:23:17 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
A Dundalk man continues to recover after being violently beaten by a group of teenagers. Now a 17-year-old is facing attempted murder charges, a 15-year-old is charged with assault and more arrests are expected. Meghan McCorkell has more on the brutal attack.
Richard Fletcher is out of the hospital, but he suffered extensive injuries. We want to warn you: some of the video and images you are about to see are very disturbing.
Horrifying cell phone video shows a group of teens surrounding 61-year-old Richard Fletcher, kicking and hitting him again and again until he drops to the ground.
He suffered broken eye sockets, a broken nose, broken ribs and a brain bleed.
He was brutally attacked, said Cpl. John Wachter, Baltimore County Police Department.
Investigators say Fletcher saw two girls fighting on top of his car. When he went outside to ask them to stop, dozens of teens turned on him.
He wasnt trying to intervene in their disagreement. He just wanted them to stop fighting and move away from his car, said Cpl. Wachter.
Now 17-year-old Antoine Lawson is charged as an adult with attempted murder. A 15-year-old girl also faces assault charges, and more arrests are expected.
Neighbors say the teens go to nearby Baltimore Community High School.
The community in all, were really disgusted with the actions of the students, said Georgia Bartrum, Harbor View Neighborhood Association.
Bartrum says the attack is causing fear amongst homeowners.
I had one lady who said she had found them in her vehicle and didnt realize they were in thereher door was openand approached them, and she said, They could have done that to me,' said Bartrum.
Flyers are now being put up across the community to try and raise money for Fletchers medical expenses.
Hes got a lot of doctors visits, said Bartrum. So hes going to have a long road to recovery.
Now neighbors want more people in the video to face charges.
Police say they are actively looking for more suspects and that they do expect more arrests.
Multiple fundraisers are now being planned for Fletcher, and more than $7,000 has been raised through a GoFundMe page.
It's no wonder these teens have all this pent up anger!
Say hey babe...take a walk down Dundalk.
He needs to learn the value of a gun.
White Privilege = Black Resentment.
A gun and a fighting knife like a karambit. Imagine how much more entertaining this would have been had he gone snicker snack on a few, and put a round through one or two.
"Unarmed black teen gunned down by white homeowner".
He needs to learn the value of I-95.
“Teens”, the new “T word”... or is it the new “N Word”?
Just giving a little “room to destroy”.
Accusations of White Privilege = Antisemitism 2015.
The Preakness should be very interesting this year.
Very few public events are that white.
Bullshit! If they were disgusted, they would do something about it. They may be upset that it is now their ox that is being gored, but, that is as far as it goes.
I don’t see the race of the victim or alleged perpetrators.
Which tells you everything you need to know.
...but then he wouldn’t be clinging to life, would he?
I think that's the contagion vector.
Richard Fletcher
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Antoine Willie Lawson, suspect
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