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VIDEO: Oakland Police Released Images Of Suspects Wanted In Attempted Robbery Of News Crew

The robbery was interrupted by the news crew's contracted armed security guard.


OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Investigators released surveillance video Wednesday of a brazen daylight robbery of a news crew, asking the public’s help in identifying the two suspects.

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Oakland police said that on June 28 at 3:05 p.m. two men armed with firearms approached a news crew who were filming in the 100 block of 14th Street and demanded their film camera at gunpoint.

The robbery was interrupted by the news crew’s contracted armed security guard. Both suspects fled eastbound towards Clay Street without the camera.

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