Attacked teenager admits one of his assailants was there to buy marijuana; sister says the attack was premeditated

Austin Hoover, the 15-year-old Sapulpa teen that was attacked earlier this month at the Cambridge Court Apartment complex by four males, who then recorded the assault, has admitted that one of his assailants, named Jesse Van Dyke, had agreed to buy marijuana from him the day of the attack. Hoover’s sister, Stacie Reed, says that the agreement was a ruse to get Hoover outside in order to assault him.

After Sapulpa Times first published the story of Austin Hoover’s attack, multiple readers sent us information showing Hoover admitting to thinking that one of his attackers was there to buy marijuana. “I had been saving up my own money to by [sic] a car to get to and from work when I turned 16,” Hoover said in a Facebook post that was sent to Sapulpa Times. “Because I thought Jesse and I were cool and was friends, I agreed to sell it to him. When I got to the gate Jesse was alone. We shook hands we was being friendly when the other 4 guys walked up. They was also being friendly at first. We all shook hands and was talking when all the sudden I started to get punched in the face.”