Cellphone video caught the moment when a mob of bicyclists surrounded a car on a Houston street last month and proceeded to smash its windshield and rear window with a brick and chain while ramming it and scratching it as the driver got out to confront the group.

Police on Monday said they arrested a suspect, KTRK-TV reported.

What’s the background?

The incident took place around 8 p.m. June 15 near the intersection of South MacGregor and Scott, KTRK said in an initial story.

Herschel Cashin — a lawyer — told the station he was trying to get home when his vehicle was amid dozens of bicyclists on the road.

“They had a big pack in the front and a trail in the back, and I was driving, but you could drive only 15 miles per hour for all the cyclists,” Cashin told KTRK. “I didn’t want to hit the cyclists.

Video of the confrontation shows bicyclists surround his car — which was stopped on a street — as a brick was thrown through the back window and someone else slapped what appeared to be a bicycle chain on Cashin’s windshield, smashing it, the station said.

“So they’re bringing weapons to the neighborhood, and that bothers me,” Cashin added to KTRK.

What’s more, both side mirrors were broken, and the body of the car was filled with numerous scratches and dents, the station said.

 

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