Group attack inside Penn Hills High School causes severe concussion to student; victim's mother speaks out
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Group attack inside Penn Hills High School causes severe concussion to student; victim's mother speaks out

Both the Penn Hills School District and Penn Hills police are investigating the incident and the mother of the injured student is speaking out.

Group attack inside Penn Hills High School causes severe concussion to student; victim's mother speaks out

Both the Penn Hills School District and Penn Hills police are investigating the incident and the mother of the injured student is speaking out.

HE HAS THE RESPONSE COMING FROM THE SCHOOL. BOB? BOB: VIDEO OF WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE PENNIL HLS HIGH SCHOOL IS SPREADING ON SOCIAL DIMEA. BOTH THE PENN HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PENN HILLS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THE MOTHER OF ONE STUDENT IS SPEAKING OUT. VIDEO SHOWS 16 YEAR OLD NAESHAWN NAYLOR ATTACKED INSIDE PENN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL JUST BEFORE NOON TUESDAY. HIS MOTHER SAYS HIS SEVERE CONCUSSION KEPT HIM AT THE HOSPITAL FOR NEARLY SEVEN HOURS FOR BRAIN SCANS AND OTHER TESTS FOR INTERNAL BLEEDING AND DAMAGE. >> BEING M AOTHER WATCHING THAT, VERY DEVASTATING FOR ANY MOTR.HE TO WATCH YOUR SON BE STOMPED. LIKE HE COULD HAVE BEEN LIFELESS, HIS HEAD TRAUMA. BOB: SHAE’RHONDA GOODWINE SAYS HER SON IS AT HOME SUFFERING HEADACHES NOW AND SHE FEARS WHAT BRAIN TRAUMA CAN MEAN FOR HIS FUTURE. >> CAN BE DEVASTATING ATNY A MOME.NT IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN TODAY, IT MIGHT NOT HAEN TOMORROW. THE CONDITION THAT HE IS IN, IT COULD BEON MTHS FROM NOW. NOBODY KNOWS. BOB: THE SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS A GLIMPSE OF A POLICE OFCEFIR NEAR THE END. >> YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER. YOUR JOB IS TO PROTECT AND SERVE. I FEEL AS THOUGH THAT’NOS T WHAT WAS DONE. BOB: THE PENN HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND POLICE ARE NOW REVIEWING NEW VIDEO EVIDENCE. THE DISTRICT SAYS IT APPEARS ONE STUDENT WAS THE AGGRESSOR AND 5 OF HIS FRIENDS JOINED IN HIS AC TIS.ON QUOTE, "THE MAIN AGGRESSOR HAS BEEN PROCESSED ACCORDING TO OUR DISTRICT’S DUE PROCESS PROTOCOL AND IS NOTNSITE. O OUR DUE PROCESS PROTOCOL IS IN PROGRESS FOR THE OTHER STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED. SANCTIONARS E ANTICIPATED, AS PER PROTOCOL, FOR ANY STUDENT CONFIRMED TO HAVE VIOLATED DISTRICT POLIC" IN THE PENN HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT, BOB MAYO, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS 4.
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Group attack inside Penn Hills High School causes severe concussion to student; victim's mother speaks out

Both the Penn Hills School District and Penn Hills police are investigating the incident and the mother of the injured student is speaking out.

A 16-year-old student suffered a severe concussion during an attack by several other students inside Penn Hills High School on Tuesday. Both the Penn Hills School District and Penn Hills police are investigating the incident and the mother of the injured student is speaking out.Watch the full report in the video player above. Video circulating on social media shows 16-year-old Nae'Shawn Naylor attacked inside Penn Hills High School just before 12 p.m. on Tuesday. His mother says his resulting severe concussion kept him at the hospital for nearly seven hours for brain scans and other tests for internal bleeding and damage."Being a mother watching that, (it's) very devastating for any mother. To watch your son be stomped like he could have been lifeless, his head trauma," Shae'Rhonda Goodwine, mother of injured student, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.Goodwine says her son is at home now and suffering headaches. She fears what brain trauma can mean for his future."It can be devastating at any moment. It may not happen today, it may not happen tomorrow. The condition that he's in, it could be months from now. nobody knows," she said.The video on social media shows a glimpse of a police officer near the end."For a police officer , your job is to protect and serve. And I feel as though that's not what was done. You could have grabbed a kid, pulled kids back. It's like you was waiting for your backup," Goodwine said.Penn Hills School District Superintendent Dr. Nancy Hines provided this statement via e-mail to Pittsburgh's Action News 4:"District administration was alerted to an incident that occurred midday yesterday at Penn Hills HS involving multiple students. Building-level administration continues to investigate and to review new video evidence that was offered earlier today, along with related social media banter. Currently, it is believed that one (1) student was initially confronted by another student, and five (5) friends associated with the aggressor also became involved. The main aggressor has been processed according to our District's due process protocol and is not onsite. Our due process protocol is in progress for the other students who have been implicated. Sanctions are anticipated, as per protocol, for any student confirmed to have violated District policy."Penn Hills police also confirmed they have an active investigation underway which includes examination of security video from the high school building.

A 16-year-old student suffered a severe concussion during an attack by several other students inside Penn Hills High School on Tuesday. Both the Penn Hills School District and Penn Hills police are investigating the incident and the mother of the injured student is speaking out.

Watch the full report in the video player above.

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Video circulating on social media shows 16-year-old Nae'Shawn Naylor attacked inside Penn Hills High School just before 12 p.m. on Tuesday.

His mother says his resulting severe concussion kept him at the hospital for nearly seven hours for brain scans and other tests for internal bleeding and damage.

"Being a mother watching that, (it's) very devastating for any mother. To watch your son be stomped like he could have been lifeless, his head trauma," Shae'Rhonda Goodwine, mother of injured student, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.

Goodwine says her son is at home now and suffering headaches. She fears what brain trauma can mean for his future.

"It can be devastating at any moment. It may not happen today, it may not happen tomorrow. The condition that he's in, it could be months from now. nobody knows," she said.

The video on social media shows a glimpse of a police officer near the end.

"For a police officer , your job is to protect and serve. And I feel as though that's not what was done. You could have grabbed a kid, pulled kids back. It's like you was waiting for your backup," Goodwine said.

Penn Hills School District Superintendent Dr. Nancy Hines provided this statement via e-mail to Pittsburgh's Action News 4:

"District administration was alerted to an incident that occurred midday yesterday at Penn Hills HS involving multiple students. Building-level administration continues to investigate and to review new video evidence that was offered earlier today, along with related social media banter. Currently, it is believed that one (1) student was initially confronted by another student, and five (5) friends associated with the aggressor also became involved. The main aggressor has been processed according to our District's due process protocol and is not onsite. Our due process protocol is in progress for the other students who have been implicated. Sanctions are anticipated, as per protocol, for any student confirmed to have violated District policy."

Penn Hills police also confirmed they have an active investigation underway which includes examination of security video from the high school building.