Moment Texas middle school student hurls CHAIR at substitute teacher, 73, leaving blood pouring from man's face

An elderly substitute teacher at a Texas middle school was left with a bloody face after a student threw a chair at him - and then retaliated by throwing two chairs back at the teenager.

A video circulating on social media from last week showed the fight in a classroom at DeSoto West Middle School, between the student and Larry Brumfield, 73, who was struck in the head, in front of a group of students. It is said to have erupted after the boy, who hasn't been named, refused to leave a classroom that he should not have been in.




'Damn!' one student yelled in shock after Brumfield felt the hit, the video shows.

The substitute teacher then could be seen lifting two chairs before hurling them back towards the student, who was not even enrolled in the class, as other students were stunned by what they were seeing.




Brumfield added that the fight broke out after the teen perpetrator refused to leave the classroom, KXAS reported, with the teacher and student then hurling foul-mouthed insults at one another.




'Fortunately I saw it out of my peripheral vision,' Brumfield said of the chair that struck him. 'It hit my leg. My leg and my head. It didn't hurt as much but I felt the blood on my face … I picked it up and threw it back at him.

Other students were shouting and standing on the substitute teacher's desk in the corner of the classroom while the fight broke out, the footage shows. Near the end of the video, some students can even be heard yelling 'Stop!' while Brumfield gets closer to them to get a better angle at throwing the chair at the student.

'Oh, he's bleeding!' one girl yells at another student, realizing that the substitute teacher was injured.

Last Wednesday, the DeSoto Police Department said its investigation of the incident was 'ongoing'. While reinforcements at the middle school were called for to prevent more violent outbreaks on campus.




An announcement on behalf of school officials was released on Thursdays, just a day after the fight, stating that classes were canceled on Friday and that spring break would start a day earlier than expected.

'Students may have witnessed and filmed an assault that took place in a classroom on a district campus,' DeSoto ISD's statement read. 'The district makes clear that it does not condone or tolerate the behavior that took place in the incident and that all parties will be held accountable to the full extent of the district's ability to address the matter.'




The identity of the student in the fight has not yet been released. DailyMail.com has contacted DeSoto ISD and DeSoto Police for comment.




One school district representative told WFAA that several students started the fight first, injuring their teacher in the process. Paramedics were eventually called to the school, where Brumfield was treated for his head injury.

It remains unclear what started the wild brawl and whether any students would face disciplinary action for their behaviors, WFAA reported.

Meanwhile, every school in the district will have a 'duty schedule that will place staff in all hallways and common areas of each building to monitor traffic and activity' after Spring Break, according to a district statement.

'DeSoto ISD is working to reset culture and behavior on campuses, and to refocus our system on effective instruction, learning, and student academic and social development,' district officials said last Thursday.




However, the attack won't force Brumfield into retirement, despite his daughter's wish for him to quit.

'I came up from the ghettos of Gary, Indiana, Chicago,' he told NBC Dallas Fort-Worth. 'I'm thinking as an idealist, I have some things up here I could share with people that might help them.'

He added that he needs the extra paychecks to raise both of his grandchildren, who are currently living him, despite having more than enough savings to retire now.

And that that there isn't a better place to work than in schools, where he can give back and guide kids to finding their paths.