COPS are grilling at least five suspects and believe they may have uncovered a motive for the brutal mob beatdown of a 15-year-old girl that ended with the assailants stealing her Air Jordan sneakers.

The girl was walking in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn at around 4.10pm when the group approached her — and then immediately started kicking and stomping her.

The brutal attack – which cops say was in revenge for an earlier school fight between the victim and another girl – happened on Utica Avenue near Sterling Place.

The boys involved in the assault were friends of the girl involved in the earlier fight, the New York Post reported.

The five people currently in police custody turned themselves in alongside their parents, according to the Post.

A horrific clip released by police shows the victim already on the ground with one person attacking her.

Soon after, a group of what appears to be nearly 20 people trickles and begins to jump on the 15-year-old, and kicking her in the head.

In another security camera shot, the gang can be seen running away from the scene.

The video ends with one member of the group stealing her black and white Air Jordan 1s and walking off as she’s left limp on the ground.

Authorities said the gang stole the girl’s sneakers, her cell phone and her debit card before taking off in different directions, according to the New York Post.

The 15-year-old girl was transported to the hospital and treated for bruising and head trauma before being released.

Anyone with information on what happened Thursday is urged to contact the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-8477.

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