In October 2023, one of the five teenage girls charged with bludgeoning a 64-year-old disabled man to death in Washington, D.C., said after pleading guilty that she and the other suspects were “bored.” ” and that he assaulted her because she was looking for something. According to reports, this is what needs to be done.
According to a press release, Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to the 6200 block of Georgia Avenue just before 1 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2023, for a report of a man lying on the ground. Arriving officers found 64-year-old Reggie Brown suffering from trauma from the assault. He died at the scene.
A local CBS station in Washington, D.C., reported that five girls between the ages of 12 and 15 were accused of cornering Brown and beating him to death.
The oldest suspect, a 15-year-old who was sentenced last week to three years in prison for assault with a dangerous weapon, pleaded guilty along with two other suspects.
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In October 2023, five girls were charged with bludgeoning 64-year-old Reggie Brown to death. (Reggie Brown's family)
Prosecutors called the 15-year-old on Tuesday to testify as a key witness in the trial of the two remaining girls charged with second-degree murder.
The department said it had been granted permission to cover the incident as long as the boy or his family was not identified.
According to the station's report, the 15-year-old girl said she and other members of the group were hanging out at a skate park in Silver Spring, Maryland, and had no other plans to do once they got back to Washington, D.C. He said he was looking for.
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One of the five girls charged in the beating death of 64-year-old Reggie Brown said the girls were bored and “decided to find someone to beat them,” according to reports. That's what it means. (Getty)
The 15-year-old girl reportedly said he offered to “find someone to hit.”
Prosecutor Gabriel Rogalio asked the teen: “Why did you suggest that to the group?”
“Because I was bored,” she said.
Around 11 p.m., a group of girls walked toward Georgia Avenue and Sheridan Street in Washington, D.C.'s Brightwood neighborhood.
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The girl said when she arrived at the intersection, she encountered an unknown man who had already attacked Brown, who was lying on the ground. The 15-year-old girl testified that she asked the man if he could help her beat Brown, and that the man agreed to help.
She told the court that a pursuit then began as Brown tried to flee while he spoke to the teens.
Surveillance footage showed the teens and a man chasing Brown down an alley until they caught up with him, the station reported.
The teenager testified that his sister recorded the group punching and kicking Brown.
Prosecutors presented a video in court that showed the girls kicking Brown and making fun of him as he fell to the ground bleeding.
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A 15-year-old girl who pleaded guilty to bludgeoning a 64-year-old man to death in October 2023 testified in court Tuesday that she and her friends attacked him because they were “bored.” (St. Petersburg)
One of the unidentified girls reportedly yelled at the victim, “Damn, I'm leaking.”
The agency also reported that the deputy chief medical examiner in Washington, D.C., testified at an earlier hearing that Brown's cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, which caused bleeding in the brain.
As the girls left the scene, the 15-year-old said she realized what they had done.
“Do you remember what you were thinking when you returned to the alley?” Rogalio asked her.
“He's dead,” she answered.
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The same 15-year-old is scheduled to take the stand again Thursday for cross-examination by the defense.
If convicted, the remaining suspects could be sentenced to up to 21 years in prison, the agency said.
