LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Editor's Note: LMPD sent a correction to WHAS11 saying that the incident occurred a few blocks away from the bus stop and not at the bus stop.
Louisville Metro Police have arrested a man in connection to a 12-year-old boy that was strangled a few blocks away from a Shawnee bus stop on Wednesday afternoon.
Police say 41-year-old Sherman Price was charged with assault, child abuse and strangulation.
Gregory and Mya Evans say they will never forget the moment they got the call about Price chasing their son down an alley and attacking him.
"As a parent, you don't want anyone doing that to your child," Mya said. "I don't want to get very emotional, but it's crazy to seriously be sitting here having to explain to my 5-year-old why her brother is going through this."
A video online shows Price, and another unnamed man, surrounding Gregory Jr. after he stepped off the school bus.
Suddenly, Price picked Gregory up by his shirt, held him against a fence and slammed him on the ground. Then, before leaving, Price is seen throwing a punch.
"First thing that's going through my mind is what could be going through his mind to actually physically put his hands on another man's son while someone's recording it and then putting it on social media," Gregory Sr. said. "You didn't take the time to reach out to us, but we're going to see this video at the end of the day."
The Evans' heard the two men were upset because Gregory Jr. allegedly hit one of their daughters. If that's true, Greg Sr. says, the men should have came to him first.
"It could have been a whole different outcome than what it's going to be. It could've been a civil outcome where we could've discussed this," he said. "It could have gotten angry or whatever, but at the end of the day my son wouldn't of gotten touched by another man who don't know my son."
The couple took Gregory Jr. to the emergency room on Thursday. Mya says he's expected to be okay physically, but she doesn't know how the incident will affect him mentally.
"He's a child. Regardless of his upbringing and regardless of how he may feel, he has to handle it internally because we don't know what's going through his head. That's still something scary. He's not even a teenage boy yet," she said.
Gregory Sr. added that he's happy LMPD made an arrest. He says he hopes Price is prosecuted to the fullest extent.
This is a developing story, we will update here as we learn more information.
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