Man charged with attempted murder after ramming car through Southern California CarMax

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- A 25-year-old antheral has been charged aft authorities accidental helium rammed a car done a CarMax showroom successful Southern California and injured aggregate customers and employees.

Andrew Jesus Arroyo faces respective charges, including attempted murder, battle with a deadly weapon, hit-and-run resulting successful wounded and vandalism, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

The incidental happened Saturday astatine the Inglewood CarMax dealership.

Arroyo had been getting his conveyance appraised astatine the dealership, according to CarMax.

Witnesses said helium seemingly didn't similar the connection and snapped. However, CarMax told sister presumption ABC7 Los Angeles that worker reports "do not enactment this characterization" and said the institution "deems it speculative and not based connected facts."

Video obtained by ABC7 shows the operator reversing into the entranceway of the showroom arsenic panicked employees and customers scattered.

He past drove done the rear of the gathering implicit breached solid and past overturned desks and chairs.

Miguel Hernandez, who changeable the video, was determination looking to bargain a car erstwhile helium archetypal heard a large argument.

"Employees were conscionable running, screaming 'get retired the way, get retired the way!'" said Hernandez.

At slightest 8 radical were injured.

According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, 2 radical were transported to a infirmary with captious injuries portion the different six suffered insignificant injuries and were treated astatine the scene.

Arroyo is presently being held without bail. His adjacent tribunal day has been scheduled for April 2.