A group of young boys in Georgia, ages 12 to 15, are facing charges for allegedly dumping hot water on one of their “friends” in a sleepover prank gone wrong, according to police and the victim’s family.

“You got to be in shock to know your friends are capable of doing this to you,” the victim‘s aunt, Nachelle Austille, told local NBC and ABC affiliate WALB. “Like somebody you trusted. It’s just horrible. He never thought something like this would happen to him.”

Tiffany West, the victim’s mother, told the local station that her son, age 12, was at a sleepover at one of their neighbor’s apartments in Tifton — about 180 miles south of Atlanta — when his friends allegedly set upon him.  It’s unclear when the sleepover occurred as West is choosing to keep certain details private.

She says hearing about what happened to her son, who suffered second-degree burns on most of his face, upset her deeply.

A murder case in Georgia that stemmed from an alleged “lovers quarrel” and egging of the victim’s house is being wrapped up by prosecutors, with plea agreements being offered and accepted by two of the three suspects — and another deal waiting for the third, according to the DA’s office.

Sydney Maughon and McKenzie Davenport both pleaded guilty last month to charges related to the July 2023 shooting death of Johnathan Gilbert, according to the Spalding County District Attorney’s Office. Senior Assistant District Attorney Audrey Holliday told Law&Crime on Monday that Maughon entered a guilty plea for malice murder and Davenport pleaded guilty to a pair of misdemeanors stemming from her actions before the shooting. Jeremy Munson, the third suspect, had a deal offered to him and is currently waiting for his attorney to return from a “leave of absence” to accept or deny it, according to Holiday.