Horrifying surveillance footage captured the moment a California doctor on a bike was struck by a car at a busy Dana Point intersection– just moments before the driver allegedly exited his vehicle and stabbed the victim to death.
Ring camera footage from a nearby home shows Dr. Michael John Mammone, 58, flying over the hood of a white Lexus on the Crown Valley Parkway intersection on the Pacific Coast Highway around 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon.
Officials previously confirmed the suspect, Vanroy Evan Smith, 39, then got out his car brandishing a knife, and inflicted more injuries upon Mammone.
Mammone was later pronounced dead at the hospital, while hero bystanders managed to detain Smith, who police booked on suspicion of murder.
While the motive behind the heinous incident remains unclear, a neighbor told ABC7 that she heard the suspect muttering about “‘white privilege’” after hearing what sounded like a “gunshot.”
Witnesses also said that Smith was holding a BB gun when he first approached Mammone.
The knife used in the attack was reportedly left at the scene.
At the time of his death, Mammone was an emergency room physician at Providence Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach. Police said that he did not appear to know his attacker.
“Investigators are keeping all options open to check those boxes, if you will, to make sure they don’t leave anything uncovered,” Sgt. Mike Woodruff told KTLA Thursday.