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.
Comments on the video say the bicyclist was shooting at cars with a bb gun?
***prosecutors plan to file charges in the case sometime this week.***
Sometime this week? They need to do what Dean Martin said in Rough Night In Jericho from 1967.
“Lock him up. We’ll hang him tomorrow right after the trial.”
I got 30 days in Facebook jail for posting that last year. Twice!
I have enough trees on my property to take care of a few thousand but that’s only a drop in the bucket as to the real number who need hanging!
Close to The Ritz Carlton. I saw President Bush 43 there at a fund raiser.
Ok, have seen enough post collision info:
Speedy trial, hang, burn, throw to hungry hogs.
**Thoroughly irrelevant**
It certainly is for me now that I’ve seen and heard enough about the post collision events.
Speedy trial. Hang, burn, throw to hungry hogs.
(Power outage here this morning, just got it back a half hour ago, and read the news.
Suspect an icy tree fell over in this area.)
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