An oakland business owner fed up with his latest confrontation with burglars says he has lost confidence in public safety…
And, suggests to kron four's philippe djegal that businesses should arm employees to keep the thieves away.
A witness stopping by go! Gas and food in oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning…
Took cover when he saw crowbar and gun wielding suspects leaving through the window they just broke -- with cash and whatever else they could take.
No name/witness- "If they're just kids robbing some potato chips and cigarettes, that's one thing. But when they got glocks or guns in their hands, I said 'hell no baby boy. Let me get on up outta here.'"
Owner sam jebril recevied an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over.
He says he called 9-11 three times, getting the busy signal twice, before dispatch picked up the phone.
When he arrived he tried the block the suspects two cars with his truck.
Sam jebril/owner- "Two of them got the gun and put it to my face. I had to back up."
He says five or six suspects involved got away with about three-thousand dollars in cash and items and caused about 20-thousand dollars in damages.
He is still recovering from the more than 137-thousand dollars in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october.
Sam jebril/owner- "My message to the mayor of oakland -- we need help."
The laurel district association says tuesday's incident was at least the 11th commercial burglary in the area in the past seven days.
And, that the cars involved were used in previous crimes.
Auto shop owner waheed alsaidi says businesses cannot continue to take losses.
Waheed alsaidi/owner- "Oakland, right now, if it stay like this, it's gonna be a bankruptcy city -- nobody gonna live in it. It's gonna be a ghost town."
And, moving forward jebril says he intends to take matters into his own hands.
Sam jebril/owner- "We're legally armed in here, and I have to protect myself and my business. If the law cannot stand for me -- I'll stand for myself."
So far -- no arrests have been announced.
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