HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - A man is on life support, and his family is demanding answers about why his alleged attacker was free after a prior violent charge was dismissed and he was referred to mental health treatment.

34-year-old, Nhan Le, has been hospitalized for a week following a brutal attack that was captured on surveillance video.

Joshua McDaniel is in jail on multiple charges connected to four separate violent attacks along Highway 249 in northwest Harris County.