6-year-old boy made up story of beating by bullies, police say

OLYMPIA, WA (KOMO) — A 6-year-old Olympia boy whose story of being beaten up by young bullies went viral this week wasn’t beaten up after all, investigators say.

Detectives with the Olympia Police Department said they developed information that the boy’s story wasn’t holding up and the injuries might not have been from an attack. They confirmed those suspicions Thursday.

“The injuries sustained by the child are the result of a fall, which occurred at the apartment complex on the date in question, not an assault,” Olympia Police said in a news release Thursday. “As a result, there are no suspects of any age.”

The boy’s mother said she found her son injured last Wednesday, and that he claimed he stood up to a group of kids who were bullying his friend. He was then beaten with rocks and sticks, kicked, and had sawdust rubbed in his eyes, the boy claimed.

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