EXCLUSIVE: California vacationers attacked, robbed in San Francisco Bay Space parking storage
EMERYVILLE, Calif. (KGO) – A terrifying witness video shows the moment a woman visiting the Bay Area from abroad was attacked and kidnapped in a car in the parking garage of the Bay Street Mall in Emeryville.
The woman who does not want to be identified was with a friend who wanted to return a pair of jeans. No sooner had they parked in the garage on Monday afternoon than the attack began.
“They kicked and hit me,” said the woman in the video, who heard the attackers screaming over and over again.
“Two men just ran out and approached me. It felt so quick, like I just closed my eyes and opened my eyes and the car was gone, everything was gone, ”she told ABC7.
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The woman stated that she thought she and her friend were going to be kidnapped, but her friend, who was driving her rental car, managed to kick her attacker and run away.
“I didn’t register it in my head that it was a robbery.”
What remained: two black eyes and both women hurt and shaken, but grateful to be alive.
“Good luck,” said the woman in the video as she pointed out her injuries.
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Emeryville Police Department provided ABC7 News with information on the most recent incidents through their crime statistics reports. There have been at least three victims of robbery and car theft in the Bay Street parking garage since May. There were also a number of armed thefts in the various stores such as Victoria’s Secret, Uniqlo and Lenscrafters.
When the victim learned of the recent crime in the area in the video, the victim asked how further incidents could be prevented.
“If it’s happened multiple times, the mall should do a little more to make people feel safe and secure while shopping.”
ABC7 News reached out to the Bay Street property manager and did not get a response in time.
The woman in the video hopes that she can use her voice to help catch her perpetrators and serve as a warning and “thank you” to the couple who recorded the video of their attack and stayed with them until the police arrived .
“I think this could have happened to anyone, if it hadn’t been for us, it would have been someone else,” she said.
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No suspects have been arrested yet. The Emeryville Police Department is continuing their investigation into the incident and has requested that anyone with information call Detective John Corcoran at (510) 596-3734.
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