Worcester police say a 22-year-old man threatened three people with a golf club at the Big Y Supermarket last week after nearly hitting them with the car he was driving.

The victims, a 34-year-old man with another man and woman, were crossing the entrance to the Big Y Supermarket on May Street at 10:26 a.m. Wednesday when they were nearly hit by a white Chevrolet leaving the parking lot, police said in a statement on Monday.

The victims yelled at the driver of the Chevrolet to slow down, and then the driver got out of the car, opened his trunk and armed himself with a golf club, police said.

No one was struck with the golf club.

Witnesses gave police the registration number of the Chevrolet, which came back to a 2014 Chevrolet Cruz with an address in Worcester. Initial attempts to locate the Chevrolet were not successful, police said.

Worcester police detectives took over the search on Thursday and were told the man operating the Chevrolet was possibly Mustafa Muhammed-Ighile of 17 Upland Gardens Drive.

Muhammed-Ighile was identified as the suspect by one of the victims, police said.

Detectives saw the Chevrolet at the Upland Gardens complex around 8 p.m. on Friday. Muhammed-Ighile was in the passenger seat and was arrested, police said.

The registered owner of the Chevrolet was driving and complied with police.

Muhammed-Ighile is being charged with three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (golf club).