Florida woman dies weeks after being run over while defending son

18-year-old Elijah Stansell, 16-year-old Raven Sutton, 15-year-old Kimberly Stone, and 14-year-old Hannah Eubank (Polk County Sheriff's Office)

POLK CITY, Fla. – Deputies say a Florida woman has died weeks after a group of teenagers intentionally ran over her as she defended her son.

Investigators say the four teens showed up at Suzette Penton’s house and assaulted her son on Nov. 9.

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Polk County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carrie Hortsman says Penton died last week from her injuries. She says a van carrying the four teens ran over her after she went outside to confront them.

She says the teens went to the home because of a “romantic entanglement” between the teens and Penton’s son.

They were initially charged with attempted murder. Upgraded charges are pending.