A North Carolina father was arrested Monday for allegedly breaking into a high school and strangling a teenage student to death.
Quinton Lofton, 43, was charged with aggravated assault by strangulation and disorderly conduct for allegedly jumping a 17-year-old inside the halls of Fike High School in Wilson that same morning. CBS 17 reported.
Lofton, who has a child at the school, was supposed to report to the high school office, but instead he targeted the student — allegedly over a prior altercation outside its halls.
“The parent did not report to the office and instead assaulted a student in the hallway,” Fyke Principal Ross Renfro said in a statement to families obtained by the local station.
Renfrow said the attack was an extension of “a situation that occurred outside of the school,” without providing further details on the situation.
The Wilson County Sheriff also said the attack was on “an isolated incident that occurred outside of the school.”
Disturbing footage of assault Received by WRAL News Lofton allegedly grabbed the student by the neck and threw him down the stairs.
According to the clip, the teen’s body appears to be lying on the stairs, but he is slowly able to get up and walk away shortly afterward.
Staff then separated the adult from the student, “deescalated the situation and escorted the parent out of the building,” Renfrow said.
The student’s family questioned how Lofton was allowed inside the school and was able to attack the teenage boy without any intervention.
His elder sister said he was “traumatized” by the attack.
“He’s very shaken up by the whole incident that happened this morning,” his sister Shanika told WRAL. “He is moving forward. You know, he’s trying to stay positive about the whole situation.”
School officials called authorities and the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Lofton. He is no longer allowed to enter high school.
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