Elderly Man Shot At Stockton Bakery
STOCKTON, Calif. (CBS13) – Authorities are searching for a trio of teen suspects who allegedly shot a 71-year-old man during a bakery robbery.
Surveillance video shows the three young suspects, possibly as young as 14 years old, waiting near the Genova Bakery on Sierra Nevada Street for some time before holding up two employees at gunpoint early in the morning.
A 62-year-old driver obeyed their commands, but a 71-year-old man refused to comply and tried to walk inside the bakery. Video of the incident shows a suspect in a yellow hooded sweatshirt pulling out a gun and shooting the man.
All of the suspects immediately fled, authorities said.
Bakery employees said they have been hit by criminals before, but have never experienced anything as violent as a robbery-turned-shooting.
"They probably thought because of his age that they could take advantage of him," said employee Kelly Thrush.
The Stockton Police Department said the attack is the latest in a violent crime wave that started earlier this month, leaving six people murdered in June and 16 people killed this year so far.
The murder rate is down compared to last year but overall violence has spiked, authorities said.
"We're doing everything we can with the reduced resources available," said Stockton Police Officer Pete Smith.
The shooting victim is expected to survive his injuries. Anyone with information on the identities of the suspects is asked to contact authorities.
