{"id":359302,"date":"2025-11-06T07:33:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/359302\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T07:33:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T07:33:15","slug":"community-rallies-to-support-homeless-man-after-video-of-random-pepper-spray-attack-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/359302\/","title":{"rendered":"Community rallies to support homeless man after video of random pepper spray attack sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HARRIS COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 A disturbing video that began circulating online shows a man walk up to a dumpster and deliberately spray pepper spray into the face of a homeless man, prompting outrage and a wave of community support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The incident happened late Monday at the Chevron at State Highway 249 and Bammel North Houston Road. The footage was shared widely after our KPRC 2 News community partner Grizzy\u2019s Hood News posted it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The video shows the suspect approaching the dumpster where the victim, identified as Jonathan Scarber, was sitting. After spraying Scarber in the face, the man runs back to a car; the person recording and a friend can be heard laughing as Scarber suffers from the burning pain.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI was getting belongings out and just out of nowhere got pepper sprayed,\u201d Scarber told KPRC 2. \u201cI couldn\u2019t open my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A friend who rushed to Scarber\u2019s aid, Wolfgang Loehr, described the victim\u2019s pain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cHe was in pain,\u201d Loehr said. \u201cI said, \u2018Jon, Jon you gotta get water.\u2019 He said he couldn\u2019t and I didn\u2019t realize how bad the situation was. He was really messed up. I got him to water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">After the video was posted and shared by Grizzy\u2019s Hood News, people began arriving at the gas station with supplies and donations for Scarber. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhat people are doing out here by showing up, showing support and giving them hugs and encouragement \u2014 that speaks highly of Houston,\u201d Grizzy said. \u201cWhat these guys did is not reflective of Houstonians. We\u2019re way better than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Scarber said he appreciates the help he\u2019s received from strangers and neighbors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI do appreciate all the help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The man who recorded the video later returned to the store to apologize to Scarber in person; Scarber said the apology made him feel better. The man in the video has not been charged at this time. The Harris County Sheriff\u2019s Office did respond to the scene and a report was filed.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRIS COUNTY, Texas \u2013 A disturbing video that began circulating online shows a man walk up to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":359303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[8991,16788,174789,6386,7265,4345,78513,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-359302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-attack","9":"tag-community-support","10":"tag-grizzys-hood-news","11":"tag-harris-county","12":"tag-homelessness","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-pepper-spray","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115501596921581721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}