Fears are growing for the health of a schoolgirl left in a coma by a thug who smashed her head into concrete – after her grandmother said she was ‘devastated’ and a statement is ‘imminent’.
Terry Nordstrom Thompson, whose granddaughter Kaylee Gain was filmed with her head smashed into a concrete road, wrote the disturbing post on Facebook on Friday.
Contacted by DailyMail.com for further details, Thompson – whose 15-year-old grandson was attacked in Spanish Lake, Missouri on March 8 – said: ‘The family will be making a statement very soon. That’s all I can say right now.’
She shared the worrying updates after blasting the ‘unforgivable’ attack on her grandson by a school bully which left the teenager in a ‘critical condition’.
Kaylee’s grandmother posted on Facebook on Friday night that she was ‘devastated’. The distraught grandmother said: ‘Have you ever just said “I’m fine” when you weren’t because some people wouldn’t understand.’
Kaylee Gain (pictured) suffered a fractured skull and frontal lobe damage when her head was repeatedly smashed into the ground during a fight near her St. Louis High School last Friday
Terry Nordstrom Thompson, whose granddaughter Kaylee Gain was filmed with her head smashed into a concrete road, said she is ‘devastated’ and a statement will be released by the family shortly
Kaylee was brutally beaten by another teenager (pictured) last week. She is ‘fighting hard to stay alive’ after suffering brain damage in the horrific attack
The emotional updates come after Thompson spoke out against her 15-year-old grandson’s attackers several days ago. “It’s unforgivable what she endured and went through,” the grandmother said.
In a post that shares GoFundMe since set up for Kaylee’s recovery, Thompson slammed the ‘assault’, calling it ‘vicious’.
“We love her so much and hope and pray for a full recovery, but the road is long,” the post read.
The charity page has so far raised $320,000 to go towards medical bills as the teenager fights for his life to stay alive.
She suffered a skull fracture and frontal lobe damage and was left in critical condition with major brain bleeding and swelling, according to GoFundMe.
The attack happened just after 2.30pm last Friday near the school.
Video of the incident circulated on social media, showing another girl slamming the teenager’s head into the concrete after throwing several punches, sending her to the ground.
Gain appeared to start having a seizure as groups of other teenagers brawled just feet away.
Police found the girl suffering from a serious head injury near the intersection of Norgate Drive and Claudine Drive, about a five-minute walk from the high school’s campus. She was taken to hospital and remains in critical condition.
‘In minutes, this family’s life was shattered when their only daughter was assaulted outside a North County high school,’ the crowdfunding page states.
‘She was left alone on the ground to convulse until the EMTs arrived on the scene. She was admitted to one of the local hospitals in Saint Louis with a fractured skull and damage to the frontal lobe.’
A GoFundMe has been set up to cover Gain’s medical expenses
Viral video shows another teenager smashing Gain’s head into the pavement repeatedly before the victim appears to suffer a seizure
Gain’s ‘shocked and devastated’ parents have stayed by their daughter’s side ‘day and night’ since he was hospitalized and are ‘hoping to bring her back to the Kaylee they know and love.’
A 15-year-old girl was arrested on Saturday and charged with violence. She was taken to St. Louis County Family Court and remained in custody as of Sunday afternoon.
Justice Minister Andrew Bailey has called for the ‘vicious’ 15-year-old girl who smashed Gain’s head into the concrete to be ‘disowned as an adult’.
Bailey announced on X: ‘This evil and complete disregard for human life has no place in Missouri or anywhere. I pray for the victim.
“The criminal should be charged and prosecuted as an adult. If the victim dies, that offense should amount to murder.’
John O’Sullivan, director of communications with St. Louis County Courts, told KSDK it is too early to determine if the suspect will be tried as an adult.
He says a court hearing is expected to be held in the next few weeks.
After news of the altercation broke, the Hazelwood School District released a statement condemning violence in the community.
“It is a tragedy every time children are harmed,” the statement read. ‘Bullying and fighting in society is an issue that we all need to take ownership of and work towards a solution for the sake of our children.
‘Hazelwood School District offers our deepest sympathies to all involved and will offer additional emotional support from our support and crisis team to those in need.’
The statement called on community members to respect the families of those involved and ‘commit to helping work towards the betterment of our entire community’.
Missouri AG Andrew Bailey warned that the sickening attack against high school student Kaylee Gain was the result of ‘radical’ DEI policies and a soft-touch approach to justice
Missouri’s attorney general said ‘radical’ diversity, equality and inclusion programs are to blame for the vicious school fight that left student Kaylee Gain with severe brain damage as he called for her attacker to be tried as an adult.
Andrew Bailey warned that the brutality was a result of an obsession with vigilante DEI policies and the soft approach to justice under the former St. Louis DA Kim Gardner and current representative Cori Bush, a hardline progressive Democrat.
He appeared on Fox News to discuss the horrific attack on Gain at her high school in St. Louis on Friday.
It is not yet clear what started the fight, but Bailey accused Gains’ school of ‘fostering racial division’ and ‘pushing a radical social agenda’ at the expense of proper discipline.
‘These children grew up in St. Louis. They have seen a Soros-backed prosecutor, Kim Gardner, who refused to prosecute criminal defendants,’ Bailey said.