Juvenile who fled to Armenia arrested in California road rage attack

LOS ANGELES — A juvenile who fled to Armenia after he allegedly punched a man during a road rage incident, leaving the victim in a coma, has been arrested on suspicion of of attempted murder, Los Angeles police said Thursday.

The juvenile was wearing brass knuckles when he struck the man on New Year’s Day, police said.

The victim has been hospitalized since the alleged attack, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Police worked with the FBI, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Interpol and the LA County district attorney’s office to bring the juvenile back to the United States, officials said.

The juvenile was in a black Jeep seen driving erratically behind another vehicle in the Valley Glen neighborhood, the newspaper said.

Witness video recorded from a nearby car shows two men from both vehicles exchanging words. The juvenile exits the Jeep and strikes the driver of the other vehicle. The man collapses to the ground as the Jeep’s occupants flee, the Times said.