Earlier this month, a group of about 30 young people on bicycles were captured on video brutally beating and robbing a man in downtown Los Angeles. KTLA-TV reported..
The station’s video report, which includes cell phone video of the attack and interviews with the victim, can be viewed here. here.
According to the sheriff’s office, a video of the events that followed, taken by an eyewitness, shows a group of young men attacking Ull, stealing his belongings, including his backpack and wallet, from his car, smashing the car’s windows and repeatedly stomping on the bonnet and trunk.
Shirobek Bazarbai-Uul told KTLA that she was stopped at a red light at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Hope Street on August 2 when a group of people appeared in front of her car.
When the light turned green, Ull tried to pass them, but “one of them threw a bottle of water at my car, so I don’t know what happened,” he told police.
Uhl said he then stopped his car and got out, but the group then surrounded him, KTLA reported.
According to the sheriff’s office, a video of the events that followed, taken by an eyewitness, shows a group of young men attacking Ull, stealing his belongings, including his backpack and wallet, from his car, smashing the car’s windows and repeatedly stomping on the bonnet and trunk.
“This is what Los Angeles has come to,” a man filming video of the incident can be heard saying, according to KTLA. “Hey, I’m not even playing. I literally just parked my car. These kids are wild and they’re not even 20 years old.”
According to the station, Ull was barefoot and limping while the youths pushed and punched him in the back of the head.
Ultimately, Ull ended up with a broken leg that required surgery, as well as deep cuts all over his body from being kicked and punched while on the ground, KTLA reported.
“All of a sudden, someone pulled me up and literally saved my life,” Ull told the station. “It was a young woman. [who took] Put me aside…”
Several adults, including a witness who recorded the video, tried to stop the attack and get the teens to leave the scene, KTLA reported, adding that traffic was backed up as a result of the attack.
“It’s been a week and no one has been arrested.”
Ull told the station that he had packed many of his belongings in his car because he was planning to move, but much of it is now gone, including documents, cash and credit cards.
The victim told KTLA that he had done nothing to provoke the attack, but in the video, one of the teens can be heard telling a witness who was recording that Ull drove past them in his car and nearly ran him over.
As you’d expect, all of the teenage attackers had fled the scene by the time police arrived, and Ull was taken to hospital, police said.
“It’s been a week and no one has been arrested,” he told KTLA. “They even took my bank card and tried to use it a few days later.”
Uhl also told the station the boys caused $20,000 worth of damage to his vehicle. GoFundMe Funds raised for the victims had exceeded $11,000 as of Monday afternoon.
“I’m out here alone and I never thought I’d be in this situation,” he added to KTLA.
Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Station at 213-486-6606. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call the Los Angeles Area Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-222-8477 or submit a tip online at: Learn morethe station reported.
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