Florida Man Tries To Run Over LGBTQ Jogging Group

West Palm Beach’s ABC affiliate reports:

West Palm Beach police arrested a man Monday night, accused of using his SUV to try to run down a running club multiple times. Witnesses say the driver attempted to run them down three times before speeding away. Rudolph Galindo, a member of the Night Runners, an LGBTQ run club, believes he was the initial target.

“He got into his car, pulled out, accelerating, pedal to the metal and coming right at me where I was standing,” Galindo said. Galindo and the other 40 members of the club ran for the trees for protection.

Cell phone video of the incident shows the man hop a curb, drive through the grass onto Okeechobee Boulevard and into downtown. It didn’t take police long to find and arrest the man, identified as 43-year-old Ihab Mustafa El Mahmoud.

Read the full article. The man has been charged with aggravated assault and hate crime charges may be coming.

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