The affidavit didn’t include evidence for the claims.
Mr Huber said in a second interview that Cole had been “acting inappropriately towards women, including girlfriend and his behavior even went as far as sexual assault on an unknown person”. also mentioned about a girl claiming that had sexually assaulted her”. The affidavit states that Ayden said that Reid was upset because Cole had been “messing with a friend’s girlfriend and then started texting with girlfriend. Police said Mr Huber and Ayden went to the police station to “make a new statement due to leaving information out of their first statement”. Reid told police he threw Cole to the ground and punched him several times. Reid said he told Cole “he hadn’t learned yet because he had done it so many times”. Reid was sent images of Cole with his girlfriend, he said in a statement to police. He said that “nothing happened” but added that Cole “went and did it again with girlfriend”. Reid claimed Cole had been “caught” with the girlfriend of a friend. Reid told police that “a build-up of animosity” had taken place between himself and Cole because of his “perceived behavior to some of their female acquaintances”. “I would be surprised if nothing was videoed, but if it was videoed, I think the only people that had it are the ones that could get in trouble if it aired,” he said.
Mr Hagan thinks there’s footage of the attack, and with the help of contributions, the reward for submitting video showing the assault now stands at $25,000. I’m focused on doing our part to hold these people accountable.” “I’ve cried so much over the past week,” the brother told Insider. They chose the person that they had to lure outside to fight because he was not a kid that if you called him out, he was going to come out there and fight you in the yard.” “That right there killed me because that’s who he is, and that’s why it made this thing so heinous,” Mr Hagan said. Mr Hagan said Cole “loves his friends” and “would do anything for them”. The teenager’s brother, Cory Hagan, 36, told the outlet that when Cole woke up he believed he had been in an accident and asked if his friends were okay. He was put on a ventilator with a bleeding brain and several skull fractures, Insider reported. The Lake Jackson Police Department said in a statement: “At this juncture, we believe the identity of all those involved has been established and other charges are pending.”Ĭole was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston following the attack. Police documents state that at least eight students were aware of the planned attack before it occurred. It’s unclear if the suspects have retained lawyers to speak for them.
(Courtesy of the Lake Jackson Police Department)