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- Security footage of the incident shows two hooded suspects shoving the helpless man to the ground.
- A third suspect is also shown on camera, laughing as he walks to the getaway car.
- The victim suffered from minor injuries. He believes he was targeted because he is Asian.
- The 11-year-old is believed to be the third suspect who drove the getaway vehicle.
- Sources told Dion Lim of ABC7 News that the boy possesses an “extensive criminal history,” having been arrested for robberies and carjackings on April 12. He was allegedly involved in at least two other robberies before.
- Police also discovered that he was “driving a carjacking vehicle that was stolen on May 10 in Oakland.”
- Given his young age, the boy was eventually released into the custody of his mother.