ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – A St. Paul, Minn. high school teacher is recovering from a traumatic brain injury after he was assaulted by a student while attempting to break up a fight in the school’s cafeteria on Dec. 4.
Two Central Senior High School students were fighting over who had better football statistics in the school’s cafeteria. Witnesses told police the victim was one of several staff members attempting to break up the two students. He was trying to keep 16-year-old Fon’Tae O’Bannon from joining the fight when O’Bannon attacked him, according to the criminal complaint.
Witnesses said O’Bannon slammed the teacher into a concrete wall. He then picked him up and began to strangle him, at which point the teacher blacked out for 10 to 20 seconds, according to police. Other school staff members eventually gained control of O’Bannon and ended the assault.
