A terrifying moment was caught on camera in Pomona when a man went after a teenager inside a laundromat with a machete and later smashed the glass door of the business.
The incident happened Saturday morning on Holt Avenue near Fairplex Drive as 17-year-old Jacob Hernandez was working at his father’s business. The teen said a man walked up to him in the parking lot and began to verbally assault him over his football jersey.
“I had a red shirt because the 49ers were playing that day. He came in, saw my shirt and said, ‘Get that red off.'”
Security video showed the man walking into the business with a machete as a few customers were inside. At one point, he struck a countertop with his weapon, the teen said.
Phil Hernandez, Jacob’s father, said he was working on a machine when he heard the screams and quickly closed the door while the man stepped outside momentarily. Then, the man smashed the glass door with the machete and walked away, Hernandez described.
“What bothered me the most was that he went after my son. I wasn’t suppose to be here that day, and my son works here alone,” Hernandez said. “I’m not sure how my son or anyone would have handled that.”
No injuries were reported.
Police said no one was arrested as of Monday but added the investigation is ongoing.
