Georgia teen in ICU after brutal hazing incident
The Georgia teenager is in ICU after schoolchildren forced him to swallow vodka and magic mushrooms and then urinated on him and shared a snapshot of abuse online.
- A teenager in Georgia was victimized by a group of youths, leaving him hospitalized and on a ventilator
- The alleged incident occurred last Tuesday night on Saint Simon’s Island, a prosperous area off the Georgia coast.
- Police continue to investigate the incident, although they have yet to make any arrests.
A Georgia teenager has been left on a ventilator after his so-called friends forced him to consume dangerous amounts of alcohol and magic mushrooms in a brutal hazing ceremony.
Trent Lehrkamp, 19, remains in the intensive care unit in stable condition following the out-of-control abuse he suffered during a spring break party at a party on Saint Simon’s Island last Tuesday.
Police are investigating whether a photograph that circulated on social media was taken during the incident last week, which left the teen on life support after his breathing slowed to just six breaths per minute.
The image, which appears to have been taken on Snapchat, shows the Glynn Academy High School graduate sitting in a chair, unconscious, covered in spray paint, as several other teens stand behind him, wagging their middle fingers at the camera. .
Snapchat image of Trent Lehrkamp allegedly victimized by a gang of teenagers in Georgia last week
Lehrkamp was allegedly forced to consume dangerous amounts of alcohol, as well as magic mushrooms, as well as being spray painted by the group of children.
A Glynn County-based community Facebook account called ‘Glynn County Citizens on Patrol’ posted a clip of the young man, apparently during a separate hazing incident, in which his head is bowed and he is being sprayed with a hose. .
“These fine young men tied an unconscious and unresponsive child to a chair, spray-painted him from head to toe, urinated on him, took his ass in their lap and the list goes on and on,” the account wrote, referring to a past incident. Tuesday.
The account alleged that the children “left him in the emergency room.” They gave their names and left.
The county police department would not confirm any details about the alleged assault on the victim, but said a group of children had rendered the teen unconscious at a local hospital early Wednesday and left before police arrived.
In a statement, the agency said: “Officers did not see any signs of physical injury on the individual, but did note the presence of spray paint.”
The teenager was treated “for a high level of intoxication, for a mixture of controlled substances and alcohol.”
Police continue to investigate the incident, which occurred in a prosperous area of the Georgia coast, and have collected evidence from the house where the party took place.
TO GoFundMe For Lehrkamp, who has raised more than $50,000 so far, he said Trent was “hoping to have a casual night out with his friends” but “wouldn’t know until it was too late that they weren’t friends, but vile and abusive perpetrators who would then torture him, humiliate and assault him in an inhuman and terrifying way for hours.’
A damning post about the incident appeared on a Glynn County community Facebook page several days after the incident.
One image shows Trent hooked up to a ventilator in the intensive care unit after his traumatic exit.
A video posted to Facebook shows another alleged hazing video, during which Trent was aggressively doused with water by a group taunting him.
The page adds that when he was left at the hospital, he was ‘considered unfinished for life; just going 6 breaths per minute.’
He has since regained enough strength to discuss the incident with police investigators.
Some reports identified Lehrkamp as autistic, however the GoFundMe organizer appeared to question that label.
“As the story continues, we want to make sure that all the information you are receiving is factual. Please note that Trent has never received a medical diagnosis of autism,” she wrote.