Police said the chain of events that led to the stand-off was set into motion at 11 a.m., when there was a bizarre encounter between the driver of an SUV and two people riding bicycles on Headlands Road.

"He ran into one of them, it appears to be an intentional act, and then he turned around and confronted the other bike rider and physically assaulted him," Mentor Police Chief Ken Gunsch told FOX 8. "He got out of the car and physically assaulted him and then he fled the scene."