Teens filmed, mocked and laughed while man slowly drowned
In the video, which was published by the Florida Today newspaper Thursday, the teens can be heard laughing at Dunn as he splashes futilely in the water and screams for help.
“Get out the water, you gonna die,” yells one, while another yells, “ain’t nobody fixing to help you, you dumb (expletive).” As Dunn disappears under the water, one of the teens says, “Oh, he just died.”
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Investigators say none of the teens — all between 14 and 16 years old — called 911 to report Dunn’s drowning or tried to help the man.
Teens filmed, mocked drowning man, Cocoa police say https://t.co/OvRHiXrfkO pic.twitter.com/vMtwOqXPiz
— Naples Daily News (@ndn) July 20, 2017
“They just laughed the whole time,” Cocoa Police Department spokeswoman Yvonne Martinez told Florida Today. “He was just screaming … for someone to help him.”
Police said the teens were identified and questioned by detectives, but it’s unlikely they will face charges, since they were not directly involved in Dunn’s death.
The Brevard County State Attorney’s Office called the video a “tragedy” and said the teens had “no moral justification” for not attempting to help Dunn.
