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EXCLUSIVE: SF family held at gunpoint, robbed after father is ambushed while washing car
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:17AM
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco man says he was held up at gunpoint while washing his car and then robbed and held captive in a bathroom with his family.
Now, he is doing more than just sharing his story. He and his family decided to take a proactive approach to safety for their entire neighborhood.
It was a typical Friday evening for the man in his 40's who requested we not use his name, washing his car at his home near McLaren Park.
Surveillance video from across the street shows a vehicle circling the block at least four times before the incident happened. A weapon can be seen in the suspect's hand as he approaches the victim, who drops his bucket and is forced inside the garage.
"They took me up to my house where my family was put us all into the bathroom," says the man behind sunglasses and face mask.
As two suspects made their demands, "they said where's the money, where's the money?" and stole jewelry valued at thousands of dollars, the man's wife and two daughters endured what they thought would surely be a grim ending.
"I was thinking either someone is going to get shot or someone's going to call the police, like our neighbors, and it's going to be a hostage situation," their 11-year-old daughter said.
The man pulled off his glasses to show off the deep bruising around his eye and explained "they just pushed my face into the wall to make me realize this is a real situation."
The rest of the family was physically unharmed.
Even so, this husband and father is fully aware the emotional toll is much greater, breaking down momentarily in tears.
EXCLUSIVE: SF family held at gunpoint, robbed after father is ambushed while washing car
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 5:17AM
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco man says he was held up at gunpoint while washing his car and then robbed and held captive in a bathroom with his family.
Now, he is doing more than just sharing his story. He and his family decided to take a proactive approach to safety for their entire neighborhood.
It was a typical Friday evening for the man in his 40's who requested we not use his name, washing his car at his home near McLaren Park.
Surveillance video from across the street shows a vehicle circling the block at least four times before the incident happened. A weapon can be seen in the suspect's hand as he approaches the victim, who drops his bucket and is forced inside the garage.
"They took me up to my house where my family was put us all into the bathroom," says the man behind sunglasses and face mask.
As two suspects made their demands, "they said where's the money, where's the money?" and stole jewelry valued at thousands of dollars, the man's wife and two daughters endured what they thought would surely be a grim ending.
"I was thinking either someone is going to get shot or someone's going to call the police, like our neighbors, and it's going to be a hostage situation," their 11-year-old daughter said.
The man pulled off his glasses to show off the deep bruising around his eye and explained "they just pushed my face into the wall to make me realize this is a real situation."
The rest of the family was physically unharmed.
Even so, this husband and father is fully aware the emotional toll is much greater, breaking down momentarily in tears.
