A DANGEROUS addition to the game of Knockout has left a teenage participant imprisoned with gun shot wounds and his victim fearing for his safety.
The aim of the game is to approach an unsuspecting passer-by and punch them so powerfully that they are knocked unconscious. The attacks are violent, deliberate and in some cases, fatal.
But in a callous new twist, thugs who participate in the "game" have stepped it up a notch by using tasers to physically harm their victims.
The name of the game has evolved into "Point-em-out, Knock-em-out", according toWILX-TV.
But one Michigan teenager has felt the full force of karma after a taser attack went horribly wrong.
While the incident took place in February, the victim has remained silent over the events at hand. Now, he's finally speaking out.
Brutal twist to Knockout game
The victim, a father who asked to remain anonymous for fear of safety, was waiting to pick up his six-year-old daughter from a school bus drop-off zone when a van appeared to circle the area.
"I saw the van circle twice and the second time three came out," he told WILX.
"I didn't suspect anything. I hadn't any enemies, or any reason to believe that they would be looking or doing anything to me."
That's when 17-year-old Marvell Weaver decided to strike, taser in tow.
The faulty taser used to attack the victim. Picture: WILX-TV Source: YouTube
He later described the game resulted after a string of dares while high on narcotics.
"He shoved something into my side," the victim said.
"I wasn't sure what it was. It had some force to it. I wasn't sure if it was a knife or a gun."
Problem was, the taser was faulty and it failed to work.
What did though, was the victim's .40 caliber pistol - and he wasn't afraid to use it.
Weaver was shot twice; in the leg and another just an inch from his spine.
He was arrested, charged and sentenced to one year in jail.
The .40 caliber pistol used to shoot Mr Weaver. Picture: WILX-TV Source: YouTube
"[I] wished I hadn't played the game at all. It was just a lesson learned."
He also admitted to his involvement in at least seven other Knockout attacks, which he described as "not many".
He said the gangs would target crowds because it was easier to escape. It didn't matter who the victim was, be it man, woman, child, young, old, incapacitated. Everyone is fair play.
"It wouldn't be an everyday game, just a certain game to be played on certain days. You don't even try to rob them or anything. That's the game."
He agreed that teenagers involved themselves because they were bored.
Mr Weaver talks to WILX-TV from prison. Picture: WILX-TV Source: YouTube
"They weren't my normal group of friends. Someone just throws it out there and people go along with it," Weaver said. "One thing leads to another and it just goes all down hill."
The father remains less than impressed.
"My child would've been left with the aftermath of seeing her father in any type of way I would've been left."
Most recent attacks include a 78-year-old woman who was punched in the face in Brooklyn last weekend, along with a 23-year-old woman who suffered a double fracture of the bone under her left eye in St Louis.
At least two deaths have been linked to the game this year and police have seen a recent spike in similar attacks.
A 23-year-old woman suffered a double fracture of the bone under her left eye after being “ambushed” during a Knockout attack. Picture: KMOV.com Source: Supplied
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