Car rams 2 men outside strip club, severing their legs, police say

March 10, 2013 11:50 AM PT

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A 40-year-old man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly drove his vehicle into two men outside a downtown Los Angeles strip club, severing their legs, authorities said.

Terrence Conrad Meeks of Paramount was in the parking lot of Sam’s Hofbrau on Olympic Boulevard near McGarry Street about 1:30 a.m. when he rammed his car into the victims, ages 24 and 57, and pinned them against another vehicle, Los Angeles Police Sgt. Paul Sanfillippo and Officer Alex Martinez said.

One victim had both legs severed near the knee, while the other had one leg severed, Sanfillippo said. It was not clear whether the men required additional amputations from medical personnel. “My understanding from the officers at the scene is the vehicle had severed the legs,” Sanfillippo said.

The victims were taken to a hospital and were listed in stable condition, Martinez said. No other information about them was released.

Meeks is being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.

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-- Corina Knoll

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Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll is a former reporter for the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She was on the team that investigated corruption in Bell — which led to the paper’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service — and went on to cover the trials of the city’s former officials. She later contributed to the paper’s coverage of the San Bernardino terror attack that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. As a regional reporter, she wrote features about the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside. During her courts beat, she covered high-profile criminal cases and civil disputes, including the Jackson family vs AEG and Bryan Stow vs LA Dodgers. She and two colleagues investigated sheriff’s deputies whose histories of misconduct landed them on the department’s top-secret Brady list. She left The Times in January 2019. Raised in the Midwest, she is a graduate of Macalester College.