Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Black teen, Alford Lewis, arrested for beating and punching random white people in the back of the head for TikTok Prank in Wortham Park, Houston.
19-year-old Alford Lewis arrested for assaulting random people for “TikTok Prank” and his friend is also charged for recording the incidents.
In one incident, deputies said one of them used a gun and physically assaulted a victim to rob him of his iPhone 14.
“It was a prank. I had no problem with the man.”
The teen also tried to tackle one man at the Cypress-area park, WFAA reported.
Lewis has since apologized and said he regrets his actions, characterizing the video as a prank that got out of control.
‘I just made a mistake and everybody makes mistakes’ Lewis told WFAA.
‘I really didn’t expect for it to go so left, you know,’ he said, explaining it was done to get like on TikTok. Texas teenager Alford Lewis brutally attacked innocent strangers, but he wants the public to know it was just “a mistake.”
Lewis, who is 19, had someone film him as he ran up on two people at Wortham Park in Houston and sucker punched them. He also appeared to attempt to body slam one of the individuals, but failed. Now, Lewis is trying to spin the situation as nothing more than an innocent mistake anyone could have made.
“I just made a mistake, and everybody makes a mistake,” Lewis told KHOU 11 when confronted about the videos.
“I just made a mistake, and everybody makes a mistake,” Lewis told KHOU 11 when confronted about the videos.
He further added in downright bizarre fashion, “I know that from the video, all you see is the bad part about it, but what people didn’t see is that I shook his hand after and gave the man a hug.” Lewis said his parents had been disappointed when they found out about the video.
‘Before you go out and do anything you feel is bad, or that could look bad, make sure, like, people know – or just don’t do it at all,’ Lewis advised others.
The HCSO Violent Crimes Division said they are investigating the video.
It comes amidst rising concerns that chasing likes on TikTok is leading youngsters to take increasingly more severe risks.