He covered a story about insecurity and got robbed live

March 8, 2021 7:30 p.m.

A reporter from the North American channel KPIX 5 was investigating a series of thefts, they instantly stole his cameras and pointed a gun at him.

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An American journalist investigating a series of auto thefts around Twin Peaks in San Francisco was the victim of an assault last Wednesday. You has stolen his camera and a gun were pointed at him.

According to locals, auto theft is something that tends to happen very frequently in the neighborhood since the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority (SFMTA) closed the access road to the popular viewpoint on the river. car traffic at the start of the pandemic.

Video: Insecure-weary neighbors arrested three thieves and robbed them

KPIX 5 reporter Don Ford was preparing to interview nearby owners when a white luxury car with four men inside pulled up, “The car came in just as we were about to do an interview, and three guys jumped in,” Ford said. “One of them had a gun and he put it in my face and said: “We’re going to take the camera.

The episode happened very quickly, Ford says that at that point all he wanted was to be calm and agreed to give him what the criminal wanted, since he had no way of getting away with it. defend.

In the video you can see very clearly the moment the attacker picks up the cameras and points a gun at him, the reporter could only react by raising his arms.

On the other hand, a neighbor who asked not to be identified expressed,“I’m not surprised that this is happening, because every time the thieves get more and more brazen, they do more and more brazen things. I am not inventing. We just had this experience today. “

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