A Hermosa Beach man is reportedly recovering after enduring a violent beating by more than a half-dozen alleged teenagers Friday night, all of whom fled while the victim lay incapacitated in an alley.
The incident, which was captured on several different security cameras in the area, unfolded at around 8 p.m. Nov. 21.
Footage of the beating shows a man carrying a pizza box as he walks down the alley off 11th Court, about a block away for the pier, in Hermosa Beach. At the end of the alleyway, several suspects, reportedly teenagers, can be seen.
The victim, who has not been identified, was seen talking to the teens before they started attacking, punching him and taking him to the ground. While he was down, one of the suspects beats him several times with the pizza box, while another is seen stomping and kicking the man.
As the group, some of them on electric dirtbikes, start to leave, one of the alleged teens appears to either take photos or film the victim while he’s incapacitated and then eventually takes off.
Footage of the attack drew widespread attention after it was posted online, prompting officials at the Hermosa Beach Police Department to release a statement on Instagram stating that officers responded to reports of the attack “within minutes.”
A man was hospitalized after a brutal attack by a group of alleged teenagers in Hermosa Beach on Nov. 21, 2025. (viewer image)
A man was hospitalized after a brutal attack by a group of alleged teenagers in Hermosa Beach on Nov. 21, 2025. (viewer image)
A man was hospitalized after a brutal attack by a group of alleged teenagers in Hermosa Beach on Nov. 21, 2025. (viewer image)
A man was hospitalized after a brutal attack by a group of alleged teenagers in Hermosa Beach on Nov. 21, 2025. (viewer image)
A man was hospitalized after a brutal attack by a group of alleged teenagers in Hermosa Beach on Nov. 21, 2025. (viewer image)
A man was hospitalized after a brutal attack by a group of alleged teenagers in Hermosa Beach on Nov. 21, 2025. (viewer image)
A man was hospitalized after a brutal attack by a group of alleged teenagers in Hermosa Beach on Nov. 21, 2025. (viewer image)
The victim was rushed to the hospital in unknown condition and, according to authorities, has since been released.
While police say the violence is being investigated, residents in the South Bay beach community say the group is well known for causing trouble.
“They run around and cause a lot of trouble,” Geoff Van Sickle, who owns Strand Electric Bike Company in Hermosa Beach, told KTLA. “These kids are noted for constant trouble. They run in packs of five to six bikes at a time. I’ve witnessed attacks in Redondo. They circle people and then they attack them.”
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Van Sickle noted too that the electric dirtbikes the group rides are illegal on the streets.
“Anywhere in California on the streets. They are off-road dirtbikes just like a Kawasaki [dirtbike] or something like that, that you ride in the woods,” he said.
Investigators have yet to share a motive for Friday’s attack, but residents in the area have theories about what’s going on.
“Trying to be cool, obviously,” South Bay resident Richard Hernandez said of the group. “Someone overheard them saying something about ‘we got to do something’ and that’s what they did.”
Luke Walsh, another resident, said none of what the group does makes any sense.
“I’ve known some of the kids from school and they just do everything for no reason,” he explained.
Many residents who spoke to KTLA’s Jaqueline Sarkissian said they believe the alleged teens’ parents know exactly what’s going on and that they are allowing it.
So far, no arrests have been made, and police said they have no additional details to share at this time.
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