WQAD/Lang
9/18/19
A Muscatine mom wants to press charges after her son with special needs was beaten up while walking to class at Muscatine High School.
According to WQAD-TV, Snapchat video of the attack went viral on social media on Monday.
Vicky Zahn identified the boy in the video as her youngest son Coby. The other student’s identity remains anonymous as he is a minor. The video shows Coby being punched several times and knocked up against hallway lockers.
Zahn said her son is special needs and is enrolled in Special Education classes at school.
Once Coby fell to the ground, the video shows him lying on the floor with his hands above his head as the other student continues to punch him. Zahn said her son eventually blacked out.
Principal Terry Hogenson, with the Muscatine Community School District, issued a statement to parents saying in part:
“When an aggressive act occurs, we intervene as quickly as possible. We interview all the individuals involved, involve the police if necessary, and provide appropriate consequences. If an act is egregious enough, charges are filed. No act of aggression is dismissed or accepted within the school setting.”
Zahn, however, wanted to take it one step further. She is now working with school resource officers to press assault charges.
Zahn said Coby suffered a minor hematoma, when blood pools between the brain and its outermost covering. He returned to school as usual on Tuesday.
