‘Why Did She Call Her Father?’: 43-Year-Old Man Charged After Viral Video Shows Him Strangling Teenage Boy In School Hallway as Rumors Swirl Over What Caused Altercation

Shocking video circulating on social media shows a parent strangling a North Carolina high school student until the child suffered a seizure. Authorities later arrested and identified that parent as 43-year-old Quinton Lofton. Lofton is accused of entering Fike High School in Wilson, North Carolina, on Dec. 16 and attacking a 17-year-old boy in the hallway. Quinton Lofton, 43, faces felony strangulation and disorderly conduct after allegedly strangling a 17-year-old boy in a school hallway in North Carolina. (Photos: WRAL Screenshots) Cellphone video of the assault shows Lofton grabbing the teen’s neck with both hands and then forcefully shoving his body against a staircase. At that point, the student immediately begins convulsing for several seconds as other students surround him to try to help him up. The footage shows the teen recover, slowly get up, and then attempt to walk away, but Lofton blocks him. A school administrator intervenes and tells Lofton to “back up,” but Lofton continues following the boy down the hallway. The administrator also follows Lofton and blocks his path to the teen, allowing the student to walk away from the situation. Fike High Principal Ross Renfrow sent a statement to the school community about what led...