SAN RAMON, Calif. (KRON) – Within the East Bay, workers at an eyeglasses retailer fought off a bunch of robbers, and it was all caught on digicam. The incident occurred on the high-end Metropolis Middle at Bishop Ranch in San Ramon.
Stunning surveillance footage reveals an worker at an optometric follow tussling with not one, however two suspected thieves.
The video from February reveals 4 folks dashing into Optical Illusions in San Ramon. Two of them get into an all-out brawl with a workers member.
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“He actually takes Krav Maga classes twice a week, so he was probably the worst person for them to mess with,” mentioned Dr. William To, the proprietor of Optical Illusions.
To says whereas his workers was coping with two of the suspects, he was combating off the opposite two.
“We were protecting each other, we were protecting our patients, and that makes me proud. That’s the decision we made in that split-second,” To mentioned.
To says a affected person and one other worker had been inside the shop on the time. Each of them ran to the again of the shop for security.
“Happened really fast. The emotion more than anything… was stunned, like is this really happening?” mentioned the opposite worker.
To says he trains his staff to not have interaction with individuals who seem irate or doing prison acts, however as a result of he says the thieves got here towards them with instruments of their hand, the affected person’s security was at stake, in order that they needed to defend themselves.
“Angry, frustrated maybe the day of and the day afterwards, but i’m not going to let this change me, I’m not going to let this change my team and my people. We will continue to serve and take care of and believe in people. That’s not going to change, not from this,” To mentioned.
To says the thieves stole $3,000-5,000 in frames, and precipitated $10,000-12,000 in damages to the shop. To is working with San Ramon police, who’re nonetheless investigating the crime.
