Police are conducting an investigation after a photographer with the San Francisco Chronicle was robbed at gunpoint in Oakland Friday.
While on assignment, the photographer, who has not yet been named, was approached by multiple armed suspects in the 1400 block of Fifth St., the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The suspects took two cameras and fled the scene in a vehicle.
The photographer was left shaken, but uninjured.
"Any incident in which a person is robbed of their possessions at gunpoint is incredibly troubling," Chronicle Editor in Chief Emilio Garcia-Ruiz said, the newspaper reported. "We are relieved that our colleague was not physically injured. We are a part of this community and we will not retreat from providing the news and information it needs."
Robberies of news personnel have been of increased concern following the death of KRON security guard and former officer Kevin Nishita.
KCBS Radio has reached out to Oakland police and the newspaper for comment, but has not yet heard back.
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