A terrifying video shows the moment a San Francisco 49ers fan was brutally run over by a motorcycle gang while trying to buy beer at a local gas station.
Ariel Cruz decided to walk to Gulf Station on Feb. 11 around 11 p.m. after running out of alcohol while watching the football team’s overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs when he noticed a motorcycle gang in the area. According to the San Francisco Standard.
One of them then allegedly punched him in the mouth, splitting his lip on both sides, and a video captured by a bystander shows the brazen gang began taunting him, with dirt bikes and an all-terrain vehicle racing around them.
Cruz, still wearing a red 49ers jersey, could be seen frantically waving his arms as two police officers with batons drawn attempted to talk to him, before eventually deciding to call for backup.
But the all-terrain vehicle runs over Cruz at high speed and knocks him to the ground.
A video shows a brazen gang of dirt bikers taunting Ariel Cruz after he walked to a local gas station to buy beer on February 11.
An all-terrain vehicle eventually struck Cruz at high speed, causing him to fall to the ground.
The quad then crashes into a pole in front of one of the gas pumps with such force that the driver is thrown from his seat.
He then appears to get up and run away from the two police officers on the scene, who watched them walk away, as Cruz struggles to his feet, stumbling as he gets to his feet.
Cruz said he suffered a knee injury and a concussion as a result and was unable to walk for more than a month, leaving him unable to perform his job as a painter.
“I just remember that they had cut my head open. I had staples in my head,” the victim said. told KTVU. ‘My knee was so swollen, I couldn’t walk.
“My lip was split inside and out. I had a cut on my lip.”
Officers at the scene were seen speaking to Cruz as chaos ensued.
Police watched the gang escape as Cruz struggled to his feet.
Julian Ulloa Gomez, 31, was eventually arrested for the August 29 incident. according to KRON.
He now faces charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon (the Yamaha FX quad he was riding) against an officer, as well as filing a false police report.
Police said Ulloa Gomez nearly ran over one of the officers at the scene, and noted that the San Francisco Police Department was already at the gas station at the time of the attack conducting a separate investigation.
Cruz said he had to receive staples in his head after the random attack.
Ulloa Gómez was admitted to prison on August 30 at 12:48 p.m. and has already appeared in court to face the charges.
After the hearing, Cruz said, police had to take him home because of the large number of supporters the suspect had in the courtroom.
“Mr. Ulloa Gomez is a long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area who, until his arrest, worked for years for a local towing company,” Deputy Public Defender Eden Schwartz told The Standard.
“He has the support of his family and our office is committed to defending him against these charges.”