CLEVELAND -- A Shaker Heights lawyer who was beaten as he jogged in his neighborhood on New Year's Eve stood face-to-face Wednesday with the five juveniles charged in the attack.

The hearing at Juvenile Court was held to determine whether to boys should be tried as juveniles or adults.

Victim Kevin McDermott pointed to each boy and said some powerful words.

They juveniles are charged with attempted murder, felonious assault, kidnapping and aggravated robbery.

"Every one of those people were kicking, or hitting, or punching. I'm on the ground, can't get up. I can't move. It's clear what's happening," said McDermott about the attack. "The kid with the knife has the knife coming right at my head. I'm trying to talk to him saying, 'You don't want to do this. You don't want to do this.'"

The accused are 15-year-old Joshua Bray, 14-year-old Miles Cole, 16-year-old Brandon Goodwin, 16-year-old Demetrius Lang and 17-year-old Jerome Edwards, all of Cleveland.

McDermott said there was also a gun involved in the attack at the intersection of Onaway and Van Aken Boulevard in Shaker Heights.

"All I saw was the hammer. I could see the outline of a gun in his pants," said McDermott. "And he couldn't get it out. Let me tell you something. I was being beaten by all of them at the time."

Each boy had his own defense attorney and each cross-examined McDermott. The victim never wavered from his belief that the five boys in court were the same ones who beat him with a pole, punched and kicked him, and shattered his leg.

Juvenile Court Judge Thomas O'Malley ruled that the 17-year-old and 16-year-old suspects would face trial in adult common pleas court. Each is being held under a $1 million bond.

The 14-year-old and 15-year-old suspects will face trial in juvenile court.