A security guard contracted by local CBS affiliate KPIX 5 in Oakland was shot and wounded in a gun battle with an armed man who attempted to rob the crew of its camera while they were covering the teacher strike earlier today:
Some troubling news: KPIX reporter @joenewsman and crew were out covering the #OaklandTeachersStrike when they were robbed of camera and tripod. Their security guard was shot in the leg and has been taken to the hospital. We will keep you updated. ?
— KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) February 25, 2019
More from KPIX reporter Joe Vazquez who was on the scene:
Thank you, friends, for your well wishes. Our guard was shot today in Oakland while we were on assignment covering the Oakland teachers strike. We believe his wounds are not life threatening, thank God. Photographer John Anglin was robbed at gunpoint. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/TP225CUJNQ
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019
The cameraman, John Anglin, was not injured in the gun battle:
John abandoned the camera, took cover inside the news van where I was and told me to get down. We heard a flurry of loud gunshots. Very close! More shots, I saw a guy drag the camera away and saw our guard Matt was hit. Quickly called 9-1-1. pic.twitter.com/spinXPTiAC
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019
According to Vazquez, the security guard, identified only as Matt, looks like he will be OK:
We believe Matt is going to be okay. His wounds do not appear to be life threatening. He is a retired @berkeleypolice officer. He got some shots off at the robber. We are trying to confirm if a “walk-in” gunshot wound patient at a local hospital may have been the perpetrator.
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019
According to the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect was also wounded in the exchange of gunfire and is under arrest:
Per Ray Kelly, spokesman at @ACSOSheriffs: a 21 year old man walked into Highland Hospital with several gunshot wounds this evening. Deputies held him and Oakland police arrested him as the suspect who shot our guard.
— Joe Vazquez (@joenewsman) February 25, 2019
Editor’s note: We’ve corrected a typo.
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