By Velena Jones
The internet is buzzing with excitement after a group of Oakland workers disarmed an armed robber who was attempting to attack them.
The incident occurred near 44th Street and West Street on Thursday morning.
The construction workers at the next-door building yelled for me to return inside. They said: “Go back in, go inside!” Elise who was present at the scene said, “He has a weapon, he’s got a firearm!”
As she walked out of her front door, she noticed a group next door of landscapers and workers being robbed with guns.
Elise said, “I heard the driver of the car shout, “I’ll murder you. I’ll destroy you the construction workers.”
They pointed the gun directly at me and my friend. “They pointed the gun both at my friend and me.” “I reacted, and I tried to disarm the men,” Guadalupe Ramon Valcazar said.
Six workers were targeted on West Street.
A man stole the wallet of his friend across the street under threat of violence, said he. The same man returned moments later to steal his wallet and phone from him, as well as another friend. The gunman then turned to his friend. Ramon-Valcazar told reporters that he hit the gunman in the face with a shovel.
In that moment, I was thinking about many things. In that moment I thought, “This person will not take anything away from us,” and I thank God, what I did was successful and we disarmed this individual,” said he.
But it did not end there. Ramon-Valcazar claimed that they returned to retrieve the gun which they dropped. The six workers then fought back by throwing paint cans, buckets and even shattering the suspects’ windshield with a wood plank.
Ramon-Valcazar stated that this was not the first time Oakland has been robbed.
We feel angry because the robbers are taking advantage of many people. “But if we work together, we can prevent this kind of thing from happening,” said he. Many people are scared to act, but not me. “I feel proud and happy that I was able to help my friends as well as myself.”
Elise reported that this was the third time in three months someone had been robbed under gunpoint.
It also makes me afraid, as I always walk my dog alone in this area. “I don’t have my keys, my phone or any jewellery on me because I’m afraid someone might try to steal them from my stroll,” said the woman.
The police said that a black Nissan was recovered by the officers, however they are still looking for suspects. The police also stated that they do not advise anyone to engage in a fight with a gunman.
Ramon Valcazar, however, says that he’d do it again.
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