A 69-year-old Asian man was repeatedly pistol-whipped and robbed of his watch in a broad-daylight attack caught on home surveillance video last week in northern California, KNTV-TV reported.
The mayor of Daly City — where the attack took place — called it "truly shocking," the station added.
Daly City is about 20 minutes southwest of San Francisco, which has seen a huge spike in brazen crime in the last few years. Violence against Asians has risen in San Francisco and all over the Bay Area as well in that period of time.
Video shows the victim struggling with the suspect next to a pickup truck in the 1300 block of Skyline Drive around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, KNTV reported. The assailant hits the victim multiple times with a handgun as he orders the elderly man to give up his watch.
"Gimme the watch!" the crook is heard hollering at the victim as the sound of the gun smacking against the victim's head also is audible. "Take it off!" he also yells at the elderly man, who can be heard crying out.
Soon the crook appears to take the watch from the victim, after which he runs to a waiting red sports car with tinted windows and hops in the passenger seat. The car's driver of then floors it at a dangerously high speed down the residential street.
\u201cJust sent to me, a @ring camera captures a robbery on Skyline Dr in #DalyCity a high end watch was stolen and the victim was struck repeatedly with a handgun @DalyCityPD is currently investigating the robbery. The victim suffered minor injuries More detail are pending. #GothamSF\u201d— Stanley Roberts (@Stanley Roberts) 1659120300
KNTV said the victim was treated at the scene for his injuries.
The station said no description was immediately available for the suspect who remained at large Friday. However, video showed the suspect appeared to be wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, and white sneakers.
Daly City Mayor Rod Daus-Magbual said in a Friday statement in regard to the incident that the city has "zero tolerance for anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander attacks of any kind," KNTV reported.
The mayor added that he's "working closely with our city's management and police department to ensure a thorough investigation," the station said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Detective Robert McCarthy at 650-991-8174, KNTV added.
In a startling incident on Friday, a suspect allegedly opened fire on a police officer in Virginia during a traffic stop, killing him. According to multiple reports, the suspect was himself killed by police after he allegedly made a threatening move towards police who attempted to chase him from the scene as he fled on foot.
Officer Dominic "Nick" Winum was reportedly shot around 3:15pm local time in Stanley, Virginia, where he served on the Stanley police force. Winum had been with the Stanley Police Department for five years, according to reports, and prior to that had served 10 years as a Virginia state police officer. He was praised as a professional and outstanding police officer in statements released by both departments.
#VSP extends its prayers & condolences to the fellow officers & family of #Stanley, #Virginia Police Officer D.J. "… https://t.co/ypBmBx44cB— VA State Police (@VA State Police)1614395668.0
According to police, Winum initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on Judy Lane in Stanley, but before he could get out of his car, the suspect who was being pulled over opened fire on Winum, who was later pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect has been identified by police as Dakota G. Richardson, who is also a resident of Stanley.
Richardson allegedly fled the scene on foot, and was eventually tracked to a barn, where he was confronted by Page County Sheriff's Deputies. Police say that Richardson made a threatening move towards the officers who attempted to arrest him, leading them to open fire on him. Richardson was struck by gunfire and died shortly afterwards from his injuries.
Police were not aware at the time of the publication of this article of any possible motive that Richardson may have had for opening fire on Winum.
In a post on the Stanley Police Department's Facebook page, the department simply stated, "We have no words. Please pray for the family of our fallen brother, the Stanley Police Department, and our law enforcement family."
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