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CORDOVA, AL -

A 15-year-old is recovering from surgery after he was reportedly attacked in his high school's restroom. His parents say he is the victim of what's been called the "knockout game."

We understand Cordova police are investigating the attack that happened last Thursday, but the chief has not confirmed that yet.

Matthew Cooper says he was hit with a surprise sucker punch by a friend. Now, the teenager has a break and a fracture in his jaw.

He can barely open his mouth but that didn't stop him from telling Alabama's 13 Newswhat happened to him, he says at the hands of a boy he once called a friend.

"I remember turning around and getting hit and that's about it," Matthew said.

Matthew'sjaw is being held together by metal plates and screws after surgeons at UAB repaired itMonday night following a sucker punch in his high school's bathroom.

"I remember waking up on the bathroom floor, choking on blood," Matthew said.

His parents say Matthew is the latest victim of what's been called the "knockout game." Similar attacks have been posted to YouTube in recent years. The attacks became so prevalent in New York that state lawmakers drafted legislation that would allow prosecutors to try teenagers as adults if they're accused of sucker punching the unsuspecting.

"It's not what you send your kids to school for. I sure didn't think it would happen to mine," said his mother, Rebecca Cooper.

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