Four Teens Held After 'Facebook Live' Torture Video Airs
Four teens were being held by Chicago police Wednesday after a shocking Facebook Live video showed what appeared to be the beating and torturing of a bound and gagged fellow teenager with mental health challenges while they yelled anti-white expletives.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson called the video a "brutal act" that was "broadcast for the entire world to see."
Regarding the disturbing video that surfaced on social media of a battery: Incident is under investigation/suspects are being questioned pic.twitter.com/GGi3qs9rGv— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) January 4, 2017
A local police on patrol later found the victim disoriented while walking through a Chicago neighborhood, Johnson said. He was taken to a nearby hospital for his injuries and trauma.
"Thanks to the outstanding work of the 11th district police officers and area north detectives all four offenders from the incident are in police custody and awaiting formal charges," Johnson said. "The victim, who is not a Chicago resident, is currently recovering from the incident."
The four suspects had been arrested on unrelated battery charges later in the day, he said.
Investigators were then able to connect the two incidents through the Facebook Live video.
It took police most of the night to get the full story from the victim because he had such a difficult time communicating due to trauma, Chicago Police Commander Kevin Duffin said. The young man was eventually able to explain what happened and has been released from the hospital.
CPD press conference regarding disturbing live social media video depicting a battery ; victim was tied up https://t.co/jDrjfz4sJV— Chicago Police (@Chicago_Police) January 5, 2017
"He was traumatized fairly good," Duffin said. "It took most of the night for him to calm down and talk to us."
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