LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Police are investigating a string of reported assaults by a large group of roving teens.
One of them was caught on camera.
A woman says they attacked her and her family as her kids watched in horror.
"This is like something out of a movie. I've never seen something like this before," Viola Loeffler said.
It was around 8 p.m. Saturday when Loeffler says she and her family were attacked at an intersection.
"Right before we got to the stoplight, we noticed about 50 to 100 teens coming to the middle of the street,” Loeffler said. “It was a one-way street so we couldn't go any further. All of a sudden, one of them throws a garbage can on our car."
Loeffler says after that, the situation quickly escalated.
Her boyfriend, Ron Carter, was in the driver's seat and stopped the car to see what was going on. When he got out, the teens moved in on him.
"Then all of a sudden I'm getting attacked," Carter said.
"At that point, I jump in the driver's seat and heard them throwing rocks at my car,” Loeffler said. “The rocks were hitting the kids inside of the car."
Meanwhile, Loeffler and her five children were still inside the car.
"Survival mode, and I tried to analyze the situation as quick as possible and figure out the safest way to get everyone safe."
Loeffler says she couldn't speed away because they were surrounded by the group of teens and she didn't want to run them over.
That's when one of them attacked her, punching her in the eye and knocking her out.
She says the next moments were a blur but somehow, Loeffler, Carter and all five kids made their way to Bader's Food Mart and were able to get to safety until police got there.
"All I kept thinking about was the kids, you know?” she said.
Loeffler says her children, all under the age of 12, witnessed everything.
"One of my kids is going to have to, she needs counseling,” Loeffler said. “She's been having nightmares these past few days, waking up shaking and crying. There needs to be better guidance for these kids around here. I'm very glad that we're alive."
Approximately 200 teens were involved in at least 17 incidents.
There has been at least one arrest. Police are looking for more suspects.
#GuessTheRace.
One of them was caught on camera.
A woman says they attacked her and her family as her kids watched in horror.
"This is like something out of a movie. I've never seen something like this before," Viola Loeffler said.
It was around 8 p.m. Saturday when Loeffler says she and her family were attacked at an intersection.
"Right before we got to the stoplight, we noticed about 50 to 100 teens coming to the middle of the street,” Loeffler said. “It was a one-way street so we couldn't go any further. All of a sudden, one of them throws a garbage can on our car."
Loeffler says after that, the situation quickly escalated.
Her boyfriend, Ron Carter, was in the driver's seat and stopped the car to see what was going on. When he got out, the teens moved in on him.
"Then all of a sudden I'm getting attacked," Carter said.
"At that point, I jump in the driver's seat and heard them throwing rocks at my car,” Loeffler said. “The rocks were hitting the kids inside of the car."
Meanwhile, Loeffler and her five children were still inside the car.
"Survival mode, and I tried to analyze the situation as quick as possible and figure out the safest way to get everyone safe."
Loeffler says she couldn't speed away because they were surrounded by the group of teens and she didn't want to run them over.
That's when one of them attacked her, punching her in the eye and knocking her out.
She says the next moments were a blur but somehow, Loeffler, Carter and all five kids made their way to Bader's Food Mart and were able to get to safety until police got there.
"All I kept thinking about was the kids, you know?” she said.
Loeffler says her children, all under the age of 12, witnessed everything.
"One of my kids is going to have to, she needs counseling,” Loeffler said. “She's been having nightmares these past few days, waking up shaking and crying. There needs to be better guidance for these kids around here. I'm very glad that we're alive."
Approximately 200 teens were involved in at least 17 incidents.
There has been at least one arrest. Police are looking for more suspects.
#GuessTheRace.
