(First Coast News) A video of a young girl and her little brother being beat-down by a female assailant surfaced early Sunday morning on the website LiveLeak.com.
The incident, police said, happened in Brookside Park on the city's Eastside. The female victim is a student at George Washington Community High School, administrators confirmed.
Investigators have identified a suspect, a 14-year-old girl, and arrested her in an unrelated incident, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Lt. Richard Riddle said. She is being held on a charge of disorderly conduct in that case.
The suspect was originally believed to also be a student at George Washington Community High School, but Indianapolis Public Schools said Monday the suspect has not been enrolled in the district this year.
WARNING: Video contains graphic content and language:Girl and young boy attacked
In the video, a girl is seen attacking another girl who is standing in a park with a young boy, later identified as the victim's little brother.
As soon as the girl throws the first punch, the victim falls to the ground and tries to guard herself as her attacker continues to beat and kick her in the face.
Several individuals are seen surrounding the girls and young boy, but no one attempts to step in and break up the suspect's onslaught.
As the beating continues, the victim can be heard screaming, "What did I do? What did I do? No. What did I do? Please stop."
After about 14 seconds, the victim is able to wrangle away from the suspect, who is held back by another young man.
The victim and young boy begin walking hurriedly away, but the girl comes charging after the victim once more, tackling her to the ground.
Again, she begins slugging and stomping the victim in the face, until the young boy, less than half the suspect's size, steps in and swings at the girl. In retaliation, she grabs the young boy by the neck and throws him to the ground.
Shortly after the boy was assaulted, the suspect backs off and walks away.
Saturday afternoon, IMPD Officer Scott Bohan was dispatched on a delayed battery report to an address on E. 19th Street, where he spoke with the young victim who said that she knew her assailant from school. The victim didn't know her attacker's name, but said she was in the 8th grade at George Washington.
By 8 p.m. Sunday, the video had been viewed more than 1 million times.
A juveniles detective has been assigned to the case and the IMPD's Cyber Crimes Unit has made a copy of the video for the investigation.
