A second grader in Washington D.C. is punched in the stomach by a classmate's father -the incident was caught on surveillance camera.

John McLean, age 7, says he was playing in the hallway with his friend at Kipp DC Spring Academy, when his friend's father walked up to him and punched him. The boy was hit so hard he fell to the ground.

John's mother Lena demanded to see the surveillance video after her son told her he had been assaulted at school.

Lena McLean says her son suffers from asthma and had trouble breathing. McLean says she doesn't understand why that parent hit her son. McLean says, ""You don't bully a child, you don't torment a child. I wouldn't do that to you. I wouldn't do that to none of your kids?.."I'll feel much better when he is locked up." She adds she has had nothing but positive interactions with him in the past.

A police report was filed and DC police are conducting an investigation. The parent in the video has not been arrested.