TORONTO – A brazen and bizarre attack at a California gas station was captured by security cameras after a man was attacked, seemingly at random, by an assailant wielding a tire iron.
The attack took place Sunday night at a Mobil gas station in Seal Beach, California. According to the Seal Beach Police Department, a 26-year-old man was filling his veichle when without warning he was struck from behind by an unknown attacker.
Security cameras at the gas station captured the shocking attack as the man, wielding a tire iron, strikes the 26-year-old in the head and continues swinging as the two men grapple.
After a few seconds struggle, the unidentified attacker flees the scene while the victim calls police.
“Some guy just came up and hit me with a crowbar,” the man says while speaking to 911 operators, misidentifying the weapon used to strike him. “I’m bleeding from the forehead…I’m bleeding profusely.”
“We did not locate the tire iron at the crime scene itself, so we’re assuming that the suspect still has it,” Seal Beach Police Sgt. Philip Gonshak told KTLA 5 News.
The victim said he did not know the man who attacked him or what his motives may have been, leading police to suspect it may have been an attempted robbery or carjacking gone wrong.
The suspect was described as an adult male Hispanic, with a thin build and a dark complexion.
He was 5 foot 11 inches tall, clean shaven and was wearing black tennis shoes, with white knee high socks and long khaki shorts.
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