A documentary crew said it filmed a scene in San Francisco on Wednesday saying their cars were broken into and thieves stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
The incident happened in broad daylight at the end of Lombard Street.
Eli Steele and Terrell Allen, the two independent filmmakers, told NBC Bay Area that they tried calling 911 to report the robbery. But they have been separated several times.
“We were parked behind this red truck,” Steele said.
Just after 11 a.m., Steele and his crew left his rental SUV for just 10 minutes to film a scene. When they returned, they found his car’s window had been smashed and his camera equipment stolen.
“We lost $30,000. So it’s a great achievement,” he said.
Minutes later, Allen said he saw people trying to break into another car.
“I run over there and say, ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ Stop it, stop it!’” Allen said. “Pulls a gun on me. Of course I’ll stop. They have moved three cars down. They didn’t walk a block. They didn’t move on, they didn’t go. They literally knocked out three cars.”
NBC Bay Area reached out to the San Francisco Police Department for comment Wednesday but received no response. However, police told the San Francisco Standard that they have the filmmaker’s police reports.
No arrests have been made and investigations are ongoing.
There is more about this from Emma Goss in the video above.
