Group of girls, ages 12 and 13, charged with fatally beating disabled D.C. man in random attack

Three D.C. girls between the ages of 12 and 13 have been accused of chasing down and beating a disabled man to death in Northwest last fall.

Prosecutors said the girls filmed the Oct. 17 incident as they stomped on 64-year-old Reggie Brown’s head near Georgia Avenue Northwest.  

The video captures the girls hunting down the victim in an alley before doling out the fatal beating.

D.C. police said Brown, who only had two fingers on each hand, was found dead in the street by officers around 1 a.m. that same night.

“My uncle really didn’t deserve this,” a niece of Brown’s said in a statement to local NBC affiliate WRC-TV. “He was known in this community for years, so for this to happen where he lived for 64 [years] is insane. They have to be held accountable!”

Detective Harry Singleton called the video “horrific” during last Friday’s hearing, which was attended by WRC and the Washington Post.

Det. Singleton said the girls became involved after coming across a man in his 20s who was roughing up Brown.

The girls and the unknown man then ran after Brown and beat him to death, the detective testified.

Authorities said the group of girls and Brown had no prior connection.

One of the 13-year-old girls was arrested Thursday on a court order.

The 12-year-old girl tied to Brown’s death was taken into custody Friday after she was shot inside her home during an unrelated incident. The girl was hit in the leg and expected to live.

The other 13-year-old girl was arrested Friday as well.

All three girls were charged with murder as juveniles.