WATCH: Eight Alleged Armed Robbers Flee Jewelry Store When Owner Appears with Shotgun

Eight allegedly armed jewelry store robbers fled Oakland’s Phuong Jewelry Wednesday after the 76-year-old owner emerged from the back of the store holding a shotgun.

ABC 7 reported the attempted robbery occurred in broad daylight, around 12:30 p.m.

Phuong Jewelry is family owned and the 69-year-old mother was working at the time of the allegedly robbery.

ABC 7 noted: “Surveillance shows 69-year old mother Diane ducking for cover and screaming for help as those eight individuals smash nearly every single case and ransack the shop. With no security guard on duty at the time, Diane’s 76-year-old husband comes storming in wielding a firearm which scares the suspects away.”

8 armed suspects ransacked the legacy Oakland Chinatown business Phuong Jewelry yesterday at around 12:30.

The family tells me, in less than one minute 85-90% of their inventory was taken.

Watch as owner Diane runs to the back & gets her year old husband. He storms out with a… pic.twitter.com/pvsiiUeoiz

— Dion Lim (@DionLimTV) April 12, 2024

News 9 Live pointed out the store has been robbed before, but the owners indicated the Wednesday incident “was the worst robbery that the family-owned business had experienced.”

Democrat-run Oakland saw crime rise exponentially in 2023.

On February 2, 2024, CNN observed that police data showed “Robberies grew 38% last year in Oakland, …burglaries increased 23%, [and] motor vehicle theft jumped 44%.”

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