Sayville Teen's Family Wants 'Justice' After Assault

SAYVILLE, NY — The family of a Sayville teenager said they want "justice" after he was seriously injured in a fight outside Land's End on Saturday.

Suffolk police said the fight involved a group of men in their late teens and early 20s in the parking lot of the catering venue on Brown's River Road at 12:55 a.m.

The 18-year-old suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed, according to his family. He is being treated in the intensive care unit at Stony Brook University Hospital.

In a Facebook post, the teen's mother said the fight started over "social media smack talk." She said there were about 30 other people watching the fight and some may have taken video on their phones. She asked anyone with information on the fight to contact police.

Land's End provided police with surveillance video, she said.

On Monday, Sayville resident Terina Imperato started a GoFundMe to help raise money to help the teen's family with his medical bills. In less than a day, the page raised over $12,000.

"At only 18 years old he has so much more life to live and has many more years of school ahead of him," Imperato wrote of the teen on the page.

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