12-Year-Old New York Boy Dies After Another Student Punches Him Over an Alleged $1 Dare
A New York City 5th grade boy died last week, one day after he said he was punched in the back of the head by classmate. On May 7, New York police and paramedics responded to a call in Brooklyn, New York. Once responders got to the scene, they spoke with someone who claimed that his cousin had a headache and was throwing up ABC 7 reported.
12-year-old Romy Vilsaint native of Haiti, told his family that two students at his school, P.S. 361, jumped him as school was letting out, and the next day a student punched him in the back of the head on a dare for $1. The boy lost consciousness while paramedics were working on him at his home and was later pronounced dead after being transported to Kings County Hospital.
“He stated that he got jumped by two kids on Wednesday, and on Thursday, he got hit in the back of the head real hard,” Vilsaint cousin, 28-year-old Roodwiny Exantus, told CBS2. “The principal asked the kid why he did that. The kids were like, he got a paid a dollar to do it. … He had a severe headache, and he had to spend the rest of the day in the nurse’s office in the school.”
The family says they are concerned about whether the school’s nurse was aware of Vilsaint’s injuries. Exantus told the news outlet that the school called the father, however, he was at work and unable to answer the phone. He went on to say, “To me, they did something wrong. Like, if the kid got hit in the head and he couldn’t come back to class, and you’re told it’s severe … you don’t need to wait for his dad’s permission, just take him out to the hospital.”
The New York Post interviewed the father, 59-year-old Romain Vilsaint, who played a voicemail left by his son while at the school nurse’s office last Thursday saying, “Hello, Daddy,” Romy said in English. He continued in Creole, telling his dad he had “a huge headache” and that there was a guy who “hit me real hard” in the back of his head.
Authorities are now investigating the boy’s sudden death. Vilsaint’s mother is still in Haiti. He had only been in New York for a few years.
Press secretary for NYC schools Danielle Filson released a statement saying: “This is a horrible tragedy and our thoughts are with the family during this incredibly difficult time. The safety of our young people is our absolute priority and this incident will be thoroughly investigated, and we are providing supports to both the family and school community.”
As of now, no arrests have been made, and the medical examiner’s report is expected next week.
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