Homeless man victim of knockout game, teens charged

DAYTON —

Two Dayton teens are facing felony charges for allegedly attacking a homeless man and robbing him of $3 during the so-called “Knockout Game.”

The attacked happened March 7 in an alley near the Stivers School of the Arts on East Fifth Street, where the teens are students. Dayton police were alerted when a teacher at the school saw a video of the attack on a student’s cell phone, recorded it on her phone and reported it to administrators. From there, detectives were able to track down the two teens Monday, said Det. Nathan Curley of the Dayton police’s east patrol division.

“The kids admitted they started out by playing the ‘Knockout Game,’” Curley said. “That’s where you run up behind a victim who is not paying attention and you sucker-punch them, and try to knock them out.”

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