OAKLAND, Calif. - A good Samaritan was shot and wounded while trying to stop a robbery in Oakland's Chinatown.The shooting happened near 8th and Franklin streets at about 2 p.m.
Saturday.Video shows two armed men in hoodies trying to rob two women of their purses. That's when two men tried to intervene and stop the suspects.Within moments, shots rang out.One of the Good Samaritans was shot and wounded and crumpled to the ground.One of the robbers is seen on video jogging to a double-parked Honda Accord.
The second man trying to help is pistol-whipped and gets into a tug-of-war over a purse with the other assailant.A 27-year-old man tells KTVU he wanted to distract robbers when he intervened in an Oakland Chinatown robbery attempt over the.