On March 8, 16-year-old Kaylee Gain and 15-year-old Maurnice Declue were seen scuffling in the parking lot of Hazelwood East High School. Video footage of the incident shows Declue punching Gain repeatedly in the head and Gain struggles to push her off. Declue then cradles Gain and smashes her head on the ground four times. The camera pans away to another group of teens who began fighting. When the camera pans back to Gain, she is still on the ground appearing to have a seizure.

Gain suffered injuries resulting in surgery to reattach part of her skull following brain swelling, per KSDK. She was in a coma for days.

The incident sparked outrage across social media, leading politicians including the Missouri Attorney General to call on the courts to prosecute Declue on assault charges as an adult. However, a juvenile officer testified in court weeks ago that Gain, the white child, was a known “serial bully” who tormented Declue days leading up to the fight, per First Alert 4 News. Declue’s defense attorney claimed Gain was the one who initiated the fight from the video.

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