A TV reporter was robbed during a live report of a robbery in Oakland earlier this week. Heather Holmes, a KTVU journalist, unfortunately became the victim of the story she was reporting.
Holmes’ purse was inside an unlocked news van parked just steps away from the crew and across the street from police headquarters. She was reporting on a woman who was robbed and beaten until Good Samaritans came to her aid. When the camera stopped rolling, Holmes learned that someone had swiped her bag from the news van.
Holmes took to her Twitter account to discuss the incident:
While it’s a bummer that my purse was stolen, it doesn’t compare to what purse snatcher’s did to this woman. http://t.co/cdAGWPnnep
— Heather Holmes (@hholmesktvu) June 17, 2014
She was beaten about the face & head for her purse in #Temescal. @oaklandpoliceca responds & says it will increase patrols in the area. — Heather Holmes (@hholmesktvu) June 17, 2014
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Being a crime reporter usually involves traveling to sketchy parts of town. But the city of Oakland has been especially troublesome for reporters. The New York Times reported last year every major Bay Area news station has been robbed, some more than once. One photojournalist has lost five video cameras. In one incident, an Oakland cameraman was punched and robbed of his camera during a live segment.
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