OAKLAND — A KPIX-TV station crew was robbed of some equipment in the city’s Lower Dimond district, authorities said Thursday.
In a statement, police said they responded just before 12:15 p.m. to the 3200 block of Lakeshore Avenue for the robbery report.
There, officers spoke with the crew, who said they were near Harold Street and Fruitvale Avenue in the city’s Lower Dimond district when a masked suspect approached, claiming to have a gun and demanding the crew’s camera.
The news crew complied, and the suspect, who did not display a gun, fled with the camera. There were no reports of injuries.
Around 2:15 p.m., Oakland police officers worked with San Francisco police to detain two suspects in San Francisco, recovering the camera.
Thursday’s take is the latest in a series of robberies and attacks on television and film crews in the city since a February armed robbery and shooting involving a KPIX-TV crew outside an East Oakland library. The Alameda County District Attorney’s office later charged three suspects in that incident.
Anyone with information may call police at 510-238-3326 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.
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Staff writer Harry Harris contributed to this report. Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.
