San Francisco Chronicle journalist robbed at gunpoint while on assignment: reports
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A San Francisco Chronicle photographer on assignment was robbed at gunpoint of two cameras, Oakland police said.
"Any incident in which a person is robbed of their possessions at gunpoint is incredibly troubling," Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Emilio Garcia-Ruiz said in a statement published Friday. "We are relieved that our colleague was not physically injured. We are a part of this community, and we will not retreat from providing the news and information it needs." This undated image released by the California Attorney General's Office shows stolen items from Bay Area retailers, recovered in a warehouse in Concord, Calif., where a search warrant was executed by California law enforcement authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Spurred by a recent run of large-scale smash-and-grab robberies, prosecutors and retailers are pushing back on assertions by California's governor and attorney general that they have enough tools to combat retail theft in the wake of a voter-approved easing of related laws. ((California Attorney General's Office via AP)) This undated image released by the California Attorney General's Office shows stolen items from Bay Area retailers, recovered in a warehouse in Concord, Calif., where a search warrant was executed by California law enforcement authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Spurred by a recent run of large-scale smash-and-grab robberies, prosecutors and retailers are pushing back on assertions by California's governor and attorney general that they have enough tools to combat retail theft in the wake of a voter-approved easing of related laws. ((California Attorney General's Office via AP))
The incident occurred as the San Francisco Bay Area is still reeling from the death of an armed security guard who was shot and killed while protecting a news crew covering a recent smash and grab robbery.