COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A woman out exercising says a stranger tried to run her over - not once, but three times.
She had to hide behind a dumpster.
A neighbor told Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell the suspect almost hit him and the victim as he sped through the neighborhood.
He asked the victim if she was OK but didn’t know the full extent of what happened.
Lloydethan White said he was shocked to learn the woman became the victim of a random attack at Sedgefield Apartments.
“I think it’s wrong that a woman has to fear for her life and she’s just trying to go about her normal day and workout,” White said.
It was a Sunday morning that police say quickly turned violent after the victim said good morning to a stranger.
“He got into a vehicle, and for whatever reason he attempted to strike her with the vehicle while she was in the parking lot,” said Sgt. Eric Smith, Cobb County Police Department PIO.
Investigators say the woman ran behind the dumpster to get away and called 911.
“He attempted to strike her with the vehicle two additional times,” Sgt. Smith said.
Police say Jesse Davis hit a parked car then crashed into a pole after he tried to run the victim over with his car.
White says he saw Davis speeding in the neighborhood and he saw the victim.
“When I had seen him, he almost hit my car and her,” he said.
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