Posted on 08/22/2014 10:17:52 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
Gainesville police said they arrested two men and continue to search for two more after the men threw rocks off an interstate overpass and struck two vehicles.
One of the two victims spoke exclusively with Channel 2 Action News and said the rock's impact felt like an explosion.
"It was like a bomb went off," said John Chumley. "It made the van rock, and then all of a sudden, the window just blew out against me."
Chumley said he had finished making a delivery and was driving south on Interstate 985 around 1:30 Tuesday morning when he thought he noticed people standing on an overpass. A second later, he said, is when the rock hit.
"On the drivers' door right above where the mirror is," said Chumley. "It obviously must have ricocheted and broke the entire window, and then it bounced down the side of the van."
The van still bears deep grooves from the impact. Besides some glass in his eye, Chumley said he wasn't injured.
Police said that 30 minutes later, the four men tossed another rock, hitting a car driven by a Habersham County man who asked to be identified only as Les. The rock crashed through his roof and landed in his back seat. Luckily, he wasn't injured either.
The boulder that hit Les car was the size of a small microwave oven. It left a 2-foot-wide hole in his roof, shattering the back windshield.
Peeled it back like a sardine can," Les said. "A foot over to the left, and half-second later, quarter-second, it would have taken my head off."
Les also said the impact was like a bomb going off.
It was just sensory overload. Couldn't comprehend what was going on. Glass flying, the explosion. It was scary," said Les.
Gainesville police said they kept a watch on the bridge after the first impact, and because of that, were able to identify the four men.
They arrested Khyrie Harris and Juan Peterson and charged them with felony criminal damage and terroristic acts charges. They said they're looking for Michael Ellis and Kendrick Harris, too.
"It's a very, very dangerous situation," said Gainesville police spokesperson Cpl. Kevin Holbrook. "I can't imagine what would possess these individuals to commit these heinous acts."
Chumley's attorney, Kevin Ford, said it's a miracle anyone survived the impacts.
"If you have an object the size and weight of a microwave striking you in the vehicle, certainly it's going to endanger your life, may even take your life," said Ford.
Good heavens. There’s something desperately wrong with that dude on the left.
When he was a tyke, his mother put a sack over his head before kissing him good night.
He was so homely she fed him with a slingshot.
When he pulls up to a bank to cash his government check, the security cameras shut themselves off.
His dog won’t play with him unless he hangs a pork chop around his neck.
Heh, take the hook outta his mouth, man! Whoa, hey ...
That one on the left with the boxing gloves in his mouth has his future already written for him.
Burn scars. I’ve seen it before.
In Saudi Arabia, they would cut off their hands.
In Singapore they would be flogged in the public square.
Both places have absolute minimum vandalism. I toured
the entire city of Singapore in March of this year, and
never saw a single graffiti, garbage in the streets etc.
I have my doubts about any of them being human. They need to be locked in a cage for attempted murder.
Outlaw Boulders, Bridges and Gravity, problem solved.
my comment was about the definition of “boulder”
They were probably dropped.
Damn, those lips need their own congressional representation. At least he’ll be safe in the joint..
These fools need to be spending the next several years turning
boulders into pebbles. The Bobbie Fuller Four said it best.
/johnny
Is that bump on his forehead caused by 5 times a day bowing towards mecca........just asking......
He knew he wasn't going to be a pretty boy as an adult.
BTW, This rocks off overpass thing is not cute in any way.
People have been killed.
In my hometown a motorcyclist was killed instantly.
That’s true.
People who do this are trying to kill someone in my opinion and should be charged as such
I think that would change your definition of a boulder...
>>Looks like skin damage or possibly an old man
He’s only 21.
—>> Burn scars.
I think you are right. Probably was much worse at one time.
DEAR GOD O_O
WHAT IS THAT THING!?
Calling Officer Wilson.
Some trash needs taking out.
I’ve seen better looking carp in Gainesville in Lake Lanier than the guy on the left. That is about as ugly as ugly gets.....
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