๐จ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ โWe are really scared.โ
A man who works around 27th & Valdez in Oakland told me he saw 3 men jump out of a car around 4pm today.
Witnesses & sources tell me the men were armed. The Asian victim was assaulted & his LV backpack stolen. (1/4)
You can hear the victim yell โplease!โ multiple times as a nearby car honks.
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2 dif ppl took these videos & requested anonymity but gave me permission to post them to raise awareness.
The victim runs after the getaway car in an attempt to stop the suspects. (2/4) #oakland
OPD arrived on scene a short time later & are investigating.
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People who work in the area tell me they see car break-ins and other crimes here constantly/daily. This is an area w/shops & businesses & plenty of housing.
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1 nearby workers told me crime isโฆ (3/4) #oakland
โฆโis happening daily hereโ like cars broken into & he got off the phone quickly, afraid to share more.
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NOTE: The videos are longer but this is more than enough to illustrate what happened. There was also blood on the ground so the clips were shortened. (4/4) #Oakland
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UPDATE: OPD asks anyone with info on the victim is to call robbery divis 510-238-3326.
UPDATE: OPD asks if anyone with information on who the victim is to call robbery divis 510-238-3326. queasy so I won't share. But illustrate how badly the vic was dragged/hurt.
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๐๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ช/๐๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
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A camera shop was targeted in a robbery Mon around 4pm.
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3 people enter, 1 uses a hammer to smash a glass case.
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A store employee approaches, gets pepper sprayed (1/4)
Employees of a neighboring biz attempt to fight off the suspects using a stool & sign.
One is also hit with pepper spray while another hit with a hammer.
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My photojournalist colleague who was there shortly after says the getaway vehicle was on Clay Street. (2/4)#StopAAPIHate
Those nearby say police were on the scene quickly & searched extensively but the suspects had already left.
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SFPD says anyone with info should call: 415-575-4444
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These are photos taken yesterday. The man hit w/the hammer suffered serious injuries. (3/4) #StopAsianHate
๐ช๐ฎ๐น๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
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A man who asked to be IDโd only as Kevin told me he was fed up watching a shoplifter in action at a Walgreens in Alameda 3/19.
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He tackled the suspectโฆ(1/4)
Kevin yells for bystanders to call 9-1-1 as he struggles on the ground with the man for more than 2 mins.
The suspect calls out to a friend over and over & suddenly a car pulls up and a man approaches the store.
Kevin gets put in a headlock & thatโs when heโฆ(2/4) #BayArea
โpicked him up by the groin & threw him to the ground.โ
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Kevin loses his shoes in the struggle & both suspects run to the getaway car nearby.
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Alameda Police say intervening opens you up to litigation & poss charges if the suspect is arrested. They donโt recommend jumping in
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐: I spoke to this 70-year old Chinese woman tonight. She was robbed of her purse Saturday around 7:30pm.
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This happened in the parking lot of a senior living facility in Oakland. (1/4) #StopAAPIHate#StopAsianHate
The suspect approaches her, grabs her purse, whips her around & wrestles w/her on the ground.
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The victim told me in Mandarin she thinks she was targeted because she's Asian & is afraid to go out after learning about crimes in Chinatown & other areas. #StopAsianHate (2/4)
Her hands scraped the pavement but otherwise she is not too physically hurt.
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She had no Chas but lost her credit cards. The Oakland Chinatown Improvement Council is providing translation for to her since she needs assistance getting those cards replaced. (3/4) #StopAAPIHate
Here is a small sample of videos people from around the Bay Area send me.
1. This is a car break-in from around 8:30 last night at the 99 Ranch in Cupertino. A man captured this break-in on his Teslaโs camera. He had nothing in the car trunk. (1/4) #BayArea
2. A woman in Pacific Heights was fed up w/all of the crime/thefts at her home/neighborhood so she installed a Ring camera.
This is who she found Sunday, taking items from her property. You can get the woman say โGive all of that stuff back. Go.โ (2/4) #SanFrancisco
The woman was also seen doing this on Elizabethโs property. (It was a video but obviously too graphic to shareโฆso I made it into a still and put a censor on it. You get the idea.)
Elizabeth also says a bag was stolen from her porch several days earlier. #SanFrancisco (3/4)
Police tell me 46-y/o Stephen Miller was arrested. This is the mess he left.
Karla says โIโd like to see SF be the amazing place I know it can be. It was when I was growing upโฆhow about we donโt let someone back on the street who is extremely dangerous?โ #SanFrancisco
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