Security video shows California man shooting paintball gun at hooded men who were allegedly breaking into neighbor's home



A man chased away would-be burglars from his neighbor's home in California while firing his paintball gun, and the entire altercation was caught on his surveillance cameras.

Residents of the Tarzana neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley had previously complained about Julian Harper-Smith's trailer on their street, but they changed their minds on Tuesday when he used it to catch the alleged burglars.

'He's a madman!'

Harper-Smith shared the video of the incident with KCAL-TV from his surveillance videos and described what happened.

He said that he took action after seeing men climb over a fence of his neighbor's home at an odd spot. They were wearing hoodies and were all covered up.

"I went over there, grabbed my pepperball gun and I grabbed a bright flashlight and as I walked out, turned on the flashlight and I must have scared them because it's so bright, and then they all ran back to the car," Harper-Smith told KCAL.

"That's when they hopped in the car. I put my flashlight down and gave them a couple of shots in the back of the car, so hopefully, they would not come back," he added.

KCAL published video of the incident in their news report on YouTube.

Bret Cohen, a resident in the neighborhood, admitted that he did not like Harper-Smith's trailer before Tuesday, but the incident changed his mind.

"Well it's a frickin' eyesore!" said Cohen. "But you know what, it's a nice eyesore today! Yesterday it was a horrible eyesore, today I'm kinda diggin' on it!"

He was thankful for Harper-Smith's actions.

"He's a madman! Are you kidding me? It's the coolest thing in the world! He's John McClane, he chased these guys down not knowing if they had guns or not, and shot at them!" said Cohen, referring to the fictional hero from the "Die Hard" movie franchise.

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Video shows fed up donut shop owner fight back against tip jar thief after several robberies in California beach town



A donut shop owner said that he fought back against a tip jar thief because he was fed up with criminals taking away his livelihood.

Niko Chea told KNBC-TV that he has operated Niko's Donuts in Redondo Beach for more than three years and has been robbed five times already. The latest episode was a man trying to steal from his tip jar, but Chea said he refused to back down.

'Niko just kicked his butt out and took the money back.'

“If someone was in need, I always give them a donut or two. I don't mind that at all. But when you come and steal, that's a whole different story,” Chea said.

Chea was fixing a sandwich when he saw the man grabbing money from the jar on his surveillance video. He rushed out to confront him.

The video that was obtained and published by KNBC on its YouTube channel shows him grab the money back from the man and shove him out of the shop as stunned bystanders watch.

“My first reaction was just to kind of lunge and get everything back from him,” he said.

"Get out of here, bro!" he yells on the video.

Chea said it was only a couple of dollars, but he took action to protect the business he had built up by working 11-hour days.

“I love this community,” he added. “Everybody that comes in here is almost like family.”

He says he has been robbed five times at the shop, including one time when people tried to break into his shop at 5:30 a.m. while he was still inside prepping the donuts on Dec. 30.

“If I didn’t yell, they would’ve come in,” he explained.

The robbers ran off with the cash register and a few hundred dollars in that incident.

Customers found out about the incident and have come in to the shop to tip Chea and show their support.

“When one person's trying to make a business go, a small business, it just breaks my heart to see anybody try to take that away from them,” said Pam Sunder, a donut customer.

“It also scares me that we've got so many crazy people running around doing this kind of stuff, so I was really pleased to see that Niko just kicked his butt out and took the money back," she added.

Niko's Donuts can be found on 190th Street and on Instagram.

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