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Two teens are in custody while police in Oklahoma City are searching for several more teens involved in a brutal attack on a homeless man who was
left for dead, according to a report.
According to court documents obtained by KFOR, a homeless man identified
as Tilman Shannon was jumped and nearly beaten to death by a large group
of teens on May 26.
Surveillance video captured the whole ordeal and revealed several teens
yelling and threatening Shannon from a vehicle.
Shannon is seen trying to run away but is beaten down near the dumpster
at the opposite end of the parking lot.
Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Dillion Quirk told KFOR that the most
disturbing actions from the attack were found on social media as one of
the alleged suspects, Veronica Benavente, 19, streamed the attack on her Instagram page.
An arrest affidavit reportedly said Benavente was heard yelling racist
slurs and racist expletives at Shannon as the group carried out the beating.
Police said about nine teens were involved in the attack.
Quirk told KFOR that the teens savagely pulled Shannon’s colostomy bag out.
“He had some pretty severe injuries and pretty significant trauma,”
Quirk told KFOR.
Police told KFOR that Shannon was taken to a local hospital with severe injuries but is expected to survive.
“That is disgusting,” Mike Martin, a resident who has lived near the
area of the attack for decades, told KFOR. “It’s not that common, but
there are a lot of gangs around here.”
“That is so scary,” Trisha Tyler, a resident who moved to the
neighborhood around five years ago, told KFOR.
“This neighborhood isn’t usually all that dangerous.”
Police arrested Benavente, along with Eric Villagomez, 18, and three
other juvenile suspects, but said they are still searching for four
other suspects seen in the video.
According to arrest records, Benavente is being held in the Oklahoma
County Detention Center on $150,000 bond and is facing charges of
aggravated assault and battery, accessory to crime and conspiracy to
commit a felony.
Villagomez is also being held in the Oklahoma County Detention Center on
a $100,000 bond and is facing charges of aggravated assault and battery, maiming and conspiracy to commit a felony.
When reached by Fox News Digital, Oklahoma City police refused to
provide any information about the crime.
https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/oklahoma-city-homeless-man-savagely-beaten-by-mob-of-teens-that-streamed-attack-on-instagram-report/
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