After two years of barely scraping by without any foot traffic, the owners of a San Francisco Chinatown camera store breathed a sigh of relief when tourists finally started trickling back in -- only to get nearly robbed and attacked with hammers Monday.
SAN FRANCISCO — After two years of barely scraping by without any foot traffic, the owners of a San Francisco Chinatown camera store breathed a sigh of relief when tourists finally started trickling back in — only to get nearly robbed and attacked with hammers Monday.
The robbery attempt didn’t go as planned; the cases behind the counter are plexiglass and wouldn’t break. One countertop case made of glass did shatter, but that’s when the attack turned from stealing cameras to swinging hammers at Sergio and his co-owner Ariel. “One of the guys, they put the pepper spray in my eyes,” said Sergio. “The other guy is trying to hit me with a hammer and I’m trying to protect myself.”
Monday evening, KPIX spotted groups, including the Chinatown Volunteer Coalition, patrolling the streets. Volunteers have done so since the rise in attacks against Asian Americans.
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