Police in Gloucester, Massachusetts, are seeking charges against three teenagers who allegedly assaulted a transgender teen, who says he was punched and called slurs during the attack.

Three teens were charged with assault and battery in connection with a beating of a transgender boy in Massachusetts. Hate crime charges were not filed.

The teen, who was 16 when he was attacked at the Aug. 30 gathering in Gloucester, told Boston 25 News that he was beaten because he is transgender. Gloucester is located along the Massachusetts coast, about a 35-mile drive southwest from Boston.

Three teens face criminal charges for beating of trans boy at Massachusetts party - Jayden Tkaczyk, 16, said he believes he was attacked because he is trans

Police are now seeking charges against three teens accused of beating up a transgender student in Gloucester, Massachusetts three months ago, but they won't be charged with a hate crime.

Police in Massachusetts are seeking to charge three teenagers in connection with an attack on a transgender boy in August

The assault on the boy, Jayden Tkaczyk, 16, occurred August 30 in a wooded area known as Dogtown where he was hanging out with friends. He said at the time that the attackers used the f slur as they punched and stomped him,