A North Texas family is suing after an alleged hazing incident involving Marcus High School football players.
The lawsuit claims their 16-year-old son was stripped down to his underwear and shot with a pellet gun at an off-campus offensive line team dinner in October 2025.
According to the lawsuit, teammates forcibly stripped the student to his undergarments, “commanding him to ‘dance’ while they restrained him, stripped him, and shot him,” with a “CO2-powered pellet or air gun.”
The suit says the metal pellets broke the skin in five places.
“He thought it was a real gun. He thought it was a 9MM, and when they started pointing it at him, it didn’t look like a toy gun. There was no orange dot on the end of it,” said Doug Turner, father of the victim.
Four teens were charged with hazing, and two of them were also charged with assault causing bodily injury. One has taken a plea deal, but Doug Turner, father of the victim, says the cases haven’t gone far enough.
“They were misdemeanors. The boys were never arrested. There were no mugshots,” Turner said. “There’s been a lot of protecting the boys.”
Now, a civil lawsuit filed Friday names the four teens, their parents and Lewisville ISD. It alleges assault and battery, hazing, negligent supervision by the parents and a Title XI Violation by the district.
“That’s what led us to what we needed to do because we weren’t getting any transparency or accountability,” Turner said.
LISD’s own investigation found a history of hazing among a small group of student athletes, but no evidence of systemic hazing in the entire program. The district ordered more locker room supervision and anti-hazing training.
Monday, LISD told us it can’t comment on pending litigation.
“It’s not about the monetary side. It’s about change,” Turner said. “That’s what it’s about, holding the adults responsible that started this ball rolling.”
Turner says his son’s nightmares haven’t stopped, and his senior year is nothing like he planned.
“No football, baseball, athletics, nothing,” Turner said.
Now, the Turners are asking a jury to decide what happens next.
“I don’t want this to happen to anyone else,” Turner said.
The lawsuit seeks more than $1 million in damages and cites about $300,000 in losses.
