A teenager has been taken into custody in the brutal beating of an 11-year-old girl in the Bronx last week. The NYPD said it has taken a 15-year-old girl into custody. She's facing assault charges.

The victim's puppy was also intentionally kicked during the attack.

The shocking attack was captured on surveillance video. It happened on Sept. 22 just before 6 p.m. on Waring Avenue near Holland Avenue. The video shows the 11-year-old being sucker punched and beaten. She is seen falling to the ground, and then one of the attackers walks over and is seen kicking the girl's 4-month-old puppy, Leo, sending the dog flying.

"That girl with other friends beat my daughter so bad," Neliana Garcia, the victim's mother, told CBS News New York. "Her face was, like, completely in blood. Swelling. I can't even recognize her."

The puppy was not seriously hurt. 

Fortunately, the attack was interrupted by good Samaritans. A man and woman driving by saw what was happening and got out of their car to intervene.

The attack drew the attention of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

"This is absolutely horrifying. No child should ever endure such a brutal and senseless attack," Adams posted on social media.

"I'm asking for justice for my daughter"

Some in the community believe there are other victims, and they're hoping for additional charges. 

"I'm asking for justice for my daughter and the other girls," Garcia said Tuesday. 

She said her 11-year-old is traumatized. 

"She don't want to eat. She's having seizures every night," Garcia said. 

Sarah Velez said the same group of girls assaulted her 17-year-old daughter outside a deli in August. 

"They're capable of continuing to do it without feeling any guilt. So today it could be our children, tomorrow we don't know who else's," Velez said. 

Such violence by young people has community activists looking for answers. 

"Lot of lack of empathy and a lot of lack of discipline, not just on the parents, but the community. So we as a community, have to take it back and raise the children up as a village like back in the day," Bishop Boyde Singletary said. 

The family of the 11-year-old said they're anxious for more arrests and additional charges such as animal cruelty for the attack on the dog. They're also pushing the Department of Education for a safety transfer when their daughter is ready to return to school. 

Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on X, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.