After two thieves attempted to steal the laptop of a customer at an Oakland, California, Starbucks, he chased them from the restaurant and was killed when the car the robbers were driving slammed him into another vehicle.
Oakland police announced two arrests Wednesday in conjunction with a robbery at a Starbucks that left the victim dead.
After two thieves attempted to steal the laptop of a customer at an Oakland, California, Starbucks, the laptop's owner chased them from the restaurant and was killed when the robbers' getaway car dragged him into another vehicle.reported that the victim was working near the front door of the coffee shop on Mountain Boulevard around 11:37 a.m. on Tuesday when two men grabbed his computer and ran out the door.
A witness, identified only as Julie, who was inside the store at the time told ABC7 that the victim"jumped into the car. It was like a Superman type dive, I mean he made it pretty far into the car." The thieves refused to stop their vehicle but the man could not get his body completely inside their SUV. Another witness told ABC7 that he pursued the SUV on his motorcycle as the thieves accelerated down Antioch Street and rammed their unwelcome passenger into a parked car, causing him to fall to the pavement.A pair of Oakland firefighters who were on the scene rushed to the man's side and began administering first aid while they waited for help to arrive.
"I saw just the body lying on the street. He was bleeding only from the head. His face was completely purple and blue," floral shop owner Maria Chan told KGO.
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