According to his sister, Kailee, her 8-year-old brother, Christian, was ambushed when he arrived at his school. “They pinned my brother down. They were beating him. They beat him to the point of unconsciousness, where they continued to beat him,” she said. “They went through his backpack.” Christian was rushed to the Children’s Hospital after he was found unconscious in the bathroom. He was treated for a brain bleed and monitored for several hours before he was released from the hospital. He is expected to be okay. Many social media users asked whether the bullies should be charged with assault, with others calling for their parents to be held accountable.
However, police say that they were involved in the investigation, but that it was determined that the students involved were too young to be criminally culpable. The state law states that children under ten cannot be prosecuted for committing crimes. The Department of Family and Protective Services is allowed to provide its services to children as young as seven who are at risk of getting into trouble. They also work with the family of the children involved. Police stated that Child Protective Services was assisting in the investigation.
“Details of a school investigation by CPS are confidential, but in a situation like this, we would investigate to determine if the children were being supervised properly when the alleged incident happened. Once our investigation is complete, we turn the results over to the school district and the TEA,” Tiffani, a spokesperson for the Department of Family and Protective Services, said. The ISD stated that they were thoroughly investigating the incident and that it will take appropriate disciplinary measures against all those involved.