Maryland mother says student attempted to hang her 7-year-old son in a school bathroom

A disturbing incident at C. Paul Barnhart Elementary School in Charles County, Maryland, has sparked community outrage and conflicting accounts. Initially described as horseplay, the situation involved a 7-year-old student whose jacket became caught on a bathroom stall hook, leaving him unable to free himself. The school called 911 and rushed the child to the hospital as a precaution. However, the child’s mother disputes the official account, alleging her son was intentionally “hanged.”The mother, who spoke with a news crew and posted messages on social media, recounted her son’s version of the event. According to her, a fourth grader told her son, “I’m going to show you how I did people back in the day,” before hanging him by his jacket. She said her son was unable to call for help because he couldn’t breathe and learned the full extent of his injuries only when doctors at the hospital treated him for strangulation.