Velena Jones is a reporter for NBC Bay Area.
An Oakland jewelry store is determined to stay open even after a group of robbers stole nearly all the owner’s life savings in a matter of minutes. The smash-and-grab robbery happened Wednesday afternoon at one of the oldest jewelry stores in Chinatown. Video footage captured a group of six thieves, including one with a gun, rush into the store, violently smash cases with hammers and grab everything they could. “Many, many people get in here and we don’t know what to do,” owner Diane Trinh said.
In total, she said nine people were involved. She also said the chaos is bringing back trauma for the family. Trinh’s father was shot and killed in a break-in at the same store in the 1990s. “We didn’t lose lives and it wasn’t as brazen,” Tony said. “It was two men. But it definitely brought back that.” Tony is the executive director of Oakland’s Chinatown Improvement Council. He said the break-in also brings an added burden because the store is no longer insured.
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