13-year-old basketball player stomps on opponent's head during Bay Area game

ALAMEDA. Calif. -- There is simply a constabulary probe implicit what is seen connected video successful this story. One 13-year-old hoops subordinate stomping connected an opposing player's head.

"He was down connected the level and this kid conscionable came and conscionable stomped connected him and connected his head."

Eva and Roderick Guingab's lad was playing connected the Tumakbo United team, which is simply a Filipino-American younker squad based successful the Bay Area, with players from each crossed the U.S.

The crippled took spot Sunday astatine the College of Alameda versus Payton's Place, different Bay Area team. There was a scuffle to get possession of the ball, past different subordinate reacts.

"You could intelligibly spot the size of his footwear connected his face. My lad suffered a concussion for the archetypal clip helium played basketball," said Eva Guingab.

The Guingabs says their lad is present successful concussion protocol and inactive dealing with headaches. The household of the different lad who did the stomping, says that helium was lasting up for his teammate who helium believed had conscionable been kicked and punched successful this melee.

Family members archer maine the subordinate for Payton's Place is present being cyberbullied by adults online.

They besides accidental helium instantly near the gym aft this due to the fact that helium was told to permission by an organizer.

The Payton's Place squad says the lad is "seeking assistance to power his emotions and helium is not playing with the programme astatine this time." They besides accidental they are saddened by what happened adding, "The behaviour that was exhibited by our subordinate is not acceptable, and is being taken seriously."

Police accidental this is an ongoing probe aft the Guingabs filed a report.

"I deliberation everyone was conscionable successful daze - I deliberation we each benignant of went connected the tribunal and went to the manager of the different squad to say, 'What conscionable happened what's going on?'" said Michael Tolentino who coaches Tumakbo United.

"If we don't accidental thing close now, this kid volition deliberation it's OK to bash it due to the fact that he's young. He thinks that walking distant from this concern is OK, and it's not OK," said Guingab.

There are besides questions astir imaginable attacks that happened aft the stomp, involving parents and officials but thing could beryllium seen connected video and constabulary haven't elaborate those to us.

Coaches archer america these players person played against each different respective times implicit the years, saying that contention was not a origin present successful thing that happened. Once Alameda constabulary wrapper this investigation, it volition beryllium up to the Alameda County District Attorney to decided if immoderate enactment should beryllium taken.