(Warning: Video footage may be disturbing to some)
A girl who was reportedly recorded in a viral video that showed the brutal beating of another girl and a young boy near a playground in Indianapolis has been arrested for an unrelated incident, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department.
The 14-year-old girl was arrested for disorderly conduct in downtown Indianapolis Saturday night, police said, but she was also identified as a suspect in the earlier beating of another 14-year-old girl and a 5-year-old boy in an attack that was caught on camera.
Lieutenant Richard Riddle with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department’s media relations office said authorities believe the videotaped attack took place over the weekend in Brookside Park at 3500 Brookside Parkway S. Dr.
The video, which went viral after it was posted to the website LiveLeak, showed a girl running up behind another girl who was walking with a little boy. The attacker knocks the girl down and begins to kick her, punch her and pull her hair.
The girl can be heard screaming, “What did I do?” while a crowd of people surround her.
The attacker stops and the girl and young boy begin walking away before they are chased once more. This time, the little boy attempts to help the girl, hitting her attacker, but he is then thrown to the ground and hit as well.
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Police said Saturday that they received a number of tips and comments about the video and began an investigation into those involved. On Monday, authorities said the video case remained under investigation.
The 14-year-old suspect's identity was not being released because she is a juvenile.
