Vanroy Evan Smith, 39, the man accused of mowing down a bicycling doctor with his Lexus and then fatally stabbing the victim was charged with murder on Friday.
A bicyclist was struck by a driver and then fatally stabbed on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point, California on Wednesday afternoon in what appears to be a racially motivated attack.
The driver, a black male identified as 39-year-old Vanroy Evan Smith of Long Beach, quickly exited his vehicle and stabbed the
Smith then quickly exited his vehicle and repeatedly stabbed the victim.
The victim, identified as 58-year-old Michael John Mammone, a Laguna Beach ER doctor, died at the hospital.
Ring/surveillance video from a nearby home shows Smith plowing into Mammone at a high rate of speed, sending him flying into the air.
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Smith then quickly pulled over, exited his vehicle and repeatedly stabbed the Mammone to death.
According to ABC 7, a neighbor who witnessed the attack heard Smith uttering racial slurs about “white privilege.”
“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.”” the outlet reported.
Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer charged Vanroy Evan Smith with one count of felony murder and one felony enhancement of the personal use of a knife.
It turns out Vanroy Evan Smith previously ranted about race and ethnicity on Facebook.
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