Posted on 02/02/2023 7:16:36 PM PST by Tipllub
DANA POINT, Calif. (KABC) -- Horrifying surveillance video shows a sedan striking a bicyclist at a Dana Point intersection before the driver allegedly exited the car and assaulted the victim, who later died at a hospital.
The dramatic collision, which launched the bike and the cyclist into the air, occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday at Pacific Coast Highway and Crown Valley Parkway.
Footage of the moment of impact was captured by a Ring doorbell camera mounted in front of a nearby home.
According to authorities, the man behind the wheel of the car then stopped, exited the vehicle and assaulted the male victim with a knife.
"Upon arrival, deputies found Michael John Mammone, 58, a cyclist, lying in the intersection suffering from severe injuries," the Orange County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
Mammone was transported to a hospital, where he died.
Mammone worked as an emergency room physician at Providence Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach. He worked as an ER doctor at Mission Hospital since 2011.
In a statement Mission Hospital said: "We are stunned by this devastating tragedy. The entire Mission Hospital family is grieving over the loss of an incredible physician and friend. "
ABC7 spoke with a neighbor who declined to be interviewed on camera. She said her family heard what sounded like a "gunshot" before the attack. When they ran outside, she said, they heard the suspect uttering racial slurs about "white privilege."
A spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department said investigators had not been told of that allegation.
"As of right now, no known relationship" between the victim and suspect, "and no known motive," sheriff's Sgt. Michael Woodruff said in an interview.
The suspect was later identified by authorities as 39-year-old Vanroy Evan Smith. He was detained by witnesses at the scene, which Woodruff described as "brave, heroic actions, from my understanding." "But at this time, again, all of this is encompassed in the investigation," the sergeant said.
Smith, of Long Beach, was booked into the Orange County Jail on suspicion of murder. Authorities say a knife believed to be used in the assault was recovered at the scene.
The Orange County district attorney's office said prosecutors plan to file charges in the case sometime this week. The suspect is expected to appear in court by Friday.
Neckties are secret racist code. /s
they do it on purpose to beat us down spiritually but also morally.....TPTB hate good citizens...
what I predict is increased vigilantism and who would blame them.....
The victim was attacked with a knife and you’re pondering whether he was following rules of the road.
Please stop stealing my oxygen.
CC
“I’m going to change the face of America”.
The Defender of The Faithless, Caliph of Corruption, and The Ayatollah of All Crapola! “May his name and memory be erased!”
If you read all of my post you should have noticed that I was addressing the collision; not what happened after. I DID refer to the two men involved as ‘victim’, and ‘suspect’.
I’m not the judge, or in the jury. And if you don’t live in Cali, you aren’t either.
I wasn’t there. Were you there? If so, did you personally see the suspect assault the victim with a deadly weapon?
If so, please direct me to any additional witnesses/video that proves that.
If you want me to stop taking oxygen, then I assume you want me dead,.... right ace?
Have a nice life.
CC
The killer thought he was justified by racial entitlement, as promoted by the usual race hustlers.
No blacks have picked it up as a good reason for entitlement.
Physician murdered by black thug. Doesn’t make national news.
American life in the progressive age of BS. Entirely racist. I despair for this country.
Some the most hateful race talk inspiring violence toward white people happens on MSNBC.
That cesspool needs to be shut down.
Quote from article:
“As of right now, no known relationship” between the victim and suspect, “and NO KNOWN MOTIVE,” sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Woodruff said in an interview.
That’s like how doctors are baffled by the massive amount of people who “die suddenly” for no reason and the medical establishment, the mass media, and government aren’t interested in finding out why.
It’s like the Muslim terrorists who do acts of jihad against Western infidels that leaves law enforcement authorities baffled as to what their motive could have been.
ABC classifies this as a “tragedy” NOT MURDER, don’t want to offend the black community. scumbags
<>Was the bike equiped with a tail light. Was the victim wearing bright colors? Lots of questions.<>
YGBSM. Thoroughly irrelevant.
The oppressed perp complaining about “white priveledge” was driving a Lexus.
Maybe he got an advance on his reparations?
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