Florida family claim they’ve been terrorized for a year by gang of masked teens banging on their door in the middle of the night as part of ‘TikTok challenge’
Florida family claim they’ve been terrorized for a year by a gang of masked teens banging on their doors in the middle of the night as part of the ‘TikTok challenge’
- Surveillance footage shows a group of teenagers sneaking into a family’s home in Fort Myers late at night and aggressively vandalizing it.
- The nasty incidents stopped for a while during the summer holidays in June, but have since started again now that schools have reopened
- Police think it’s part of some sort of TikTok challenge, but the family don’t know why they’re being targeted
A Florida family claims they have been terrorized by a gang of masked teens who have been banging on their doors in the middle of the night for over a year.
Surveillance footage showed the group sneaking into their home in Fort Myers late at night and aggressively vandalizing it.
During the summer holidays in June, the annoying incidents stopped for a while, but now that schools are open again, they have flared up again.
Police believe it’s part of a TikTok challenge where families don’t know why they’ve been targeted.
Officers have asked for the public’s help in identifying the group of masked teens so they can put an end to their mischief.
A Florida family claims they have been terrorized by a gang of masked teens who have been banging on their doors in the middle of the night for over a year.
The homeowner, identified only as Kevin, says his family is terrified that things could one day escalate if the teens try to enter their home.
“We’re tense every weekend when the sun goes down,” the frustrated homeowner, who was identified only as Kevin, told me. WINK News.
“I find myself looking out the window to see if I can see anyone approaching the property. So they commit burglary and intimidation.
“They stalk us every weekend. For over a year and a half. It has to stop.’
Footage shows one of the teens, who is not wearing a mask, attempting a karate kick as he smashes the front door and throws a garland of flowers on the floor.
In another video, three others are seen knocking on the property’s front door and two front windows before yelling and screaming as they run away.
“They won’t leave us alone,” Kevin said. ‘We are peaceful people. We’ve done nothing to deserve this.’
He and his family are terrified that things may one day escalate when the teens try to get into their home.
Footage shows one of the teens, who is not wearing a mask, attempting a karate kick as he smashed the front door and knocked a garland of flowers to the floor.
In another video, three others are seen knocking on the property’s front door and two front windows before yelling and screaming as they run away.
Police have said other homes in the area have been targeted by the group of teens over the past year and believe it could be part of a social media challenge.
They have asked for help to identify the masked hooligans and prevent them from terrorizing families in the middle of the night.
Professor David Thomas, who specializes in forensics at Florida Gulf Coast University, warned that this challenge could go awry.
He thinks it could cost the teens their lives if they encounter someone who feels their life is in danger and decides to use lethal force.
Is the TikTok challenge worth your life? I think this is probably the best way to look at it,” he said.
Dailymail.com has contacted the Fort Myers Police Department for comment.