I think a 14-year-old boy was brutally beaten as a retaliatory act because of my gossiping.
Why were you gossiping?
I heard something and was told not to tell a soul but blabbed anyway.
Gossiping is not a good trait to have.  That is awful someone was beaten because of your actions!
Don't keep beating around the bush. Tell me, am I the cause of the beating.
I can't say for sure if your gossiping directly led to the beating, but if you hadn't gossiped then you would know that you had not done anything that resulted in the boy being hurt. Hopefully next time you think about gossiping, you will remember this and you will decide to keep quiet.