Gang of youths on e-bikes violently assaults resident in Hermosa Beach
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- Youths on e-bikes were captured on video brutally assaulting a man walking along a Hermosa Beach sidewalk.
- One of the attackers can be heard yelling, “He’s dead” as the group flees the scene.
The Hermosa Beach Police Department is investigating the assault of a man in his 50s by what surveillance camera video showed was a group of youths on e-bikes.
Officers responded to reports of an attack after 8 p.m. Friday, and the victim was taken to a hospital for treatment. He has since been discharged and, on Monday, met with detectives to discuss the assault, police said.
Police said the attack unfolded after the resident walked past his intended destination to initiate contact with the youths and did not appear to have been premeditated or targeted.
Detectives have interviewed a parent of one of the juveniles who reached out after seeing the video circulating on social media. Hermosa Beach police are urging parents of other juveniles involved in the attack or anyone with information or videos to contact Det. DiGenova at ndigenova@hermosabeach.gov.
Hermosa Beach police did not disclose the location of the attack or the condition of the victim.
Several explosions reported on the Hermosa Beach Pier were confirmed to be fireworks set off by a group of juveniles riding e-bikes.
Fox11 News, which obtained a surveillance video recording of the attack, reported that the incident took place by the 11th Court alleyway near the Hermosa Beach Pier.
The video shows six youths with e-bikes ganging up on a man carrying a pizza box. They knock him to the ground and repeatedly punch and kick him before one of them yells, “He’s dead, he’s dead,” and the group flees the area.
“As I’m parking the car and on the phone with 911, I realize it’s a bunch of teenagers attacking one person,” witness Matt Terrill told the station. “They met up here five minutes before and were talking about doing something. They wanted to get someone.”
Hermosa Beach and the neighboring cities of Manhattan Beach, El Segundo and Redondo Beach have all contended with complaints of teenagers on e-bikes terrorizing residents.
Last summer, a group of e-biking teens was captured on camera igniting fireworks in the middle of the crowded Hermosa Beach Pier. Juveniles on e-bikes also have been accused of throwing fireworks in El Segundo, barreling down the Strand at unsafe speeds and assaulting residents in Hermosa Beach.
The Hermosa Beach Police Department said in a statement Tuesday that it continues to actively enforce e-bike laws, including an urgency ordinance enacted by the City Council in June 2024. That ordinance requires helmets for e-bike riders under 18, bans e-bikes from the Greenbelt trail, and bans alcohol and drug use while riding.
Violators of the ordinance face fines from $250 to $1,000, and riders younger than 18 can have their e-bikes impounded by police. The Police Department issued 40 e-bike citations this year as of Nov. 13 and has impounded 19 e-bikes since the ordinance was adopted.
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