A disturbing video surfaced this weekend showing a physically-disabled teen being beaten by a peer outside a Target in Crystal, Minnesota.
According to local police, the attack happened on Saturday, and the victim knew the three people who targeted him.
The video, which was posted to Facebook by one of the suspects but has since been taken down, shows the group confronting the victim as he leans against a wall outside Target.
At first, the victim tries to ignore the group by listening to his headphones.
Video has surfaced showing a teen, right, beating another teen, left, who is physically disabled
The incident happened outside a Target in Crystal, Minnesota on Saturday
After being slapped, the victim walks towards the entrance of the Target, showing his limp
Eventually one of the suspects, wearing a white hoodie, comes up to him and he takes off his headphones to hear him.
The group accuse the victim of talking trash about someone but he says ‘I don’t know you’ then goes back to listening to his headphones.
That’s when the boy in the white hoodie – who the others call ‘Brian’ – slaps him across the face.
‘Don’t f****** touch me bro,’ the victim says back.
That’s when the teen in the white hoodie runs up behind him and kicks him in the back
The victim crumples to the floor and can’t get up after the attack
The assailant grabs a shoe, which he kicked off during the attack, and runs away laughing and smiling.
‘You just gonna let him hit you like that?’ the person holding the camera asks.
The victim then starts walking towards the target, showing that he has a limp.
As he heads towards the entrance, the young woman in the white hoodie runs up behind him and kicks him in the back, sending the victim falling to the ground.
The video ends with the assailant picking up his shoe, which fell off while kicking the victim, and the rest of the group laughing.
‘He broke his legs,’ the person holding the camera says as the clips ends.
Deputy Police Chief Doug Leslin spoke to the victim after the attack, and says that the victim knew his attackers. So far though, no arrests have been made.
The police department declined to release further details, like what caused the attack or the ages and genders of the attackers and victim.
A statement from the police department reads: ‘The Crystal Police Department is currently investigating what appears to be an unprovoked attack of a young male with a physical disability. The incident occurred on Saturday morning, September 16th outside our Target store located at 5537 West Broadway. The suspects were known to the victim. A video of the incident was aired on Facebook. We are working with the victim and his family and pursuing criminal charges against the suspects.’