WPXI
January 15, 2015
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed late Tuesday that a boy brutally beaten at a group home in Carrick over the weekend has died.
Nicholas Grant, 16, was taken to Mercy Hospital Saturday in critical condition after he was allegedly attacked by two teens at the Circle C Youth and Family Services home on Carrick Avenue.
According to police paperwork, Grant had left the home because of an argument he had with Yusuf Shepard, 15. On Saturday, Grant returned to the home, and after exchanging words with Shepard and Malik Crosby, 16, Grant was attacked.
The pair allegedly chocked Grant and hit him with a vacuum cleaner, the criminal complaint stated.
Grant was hurt so badly that paramedics had to revive him at the scene.
Shepard and Crosby have been charged as adults with attempted homicide. Those charges will likely be changed to homicide charges following Grant’s death.