Photographer Robbed at Gunpoint

It has happened again…

Another Photographer, just trying to do his job was held up and gunpoint and his gear was taken In the San Francisco area.

This time it was a newspaper Photog that was jacked.

On the heels of the KRON security guard being shot and killed while assigned to help protect and news crew, a Photographer for the San Francisco Chronicle was robbed of his equipment.

The AP reports that multiple suspects stole two cameras from The Chronicle photographer on Friday around 3:30 p.m. and drove away, according to the newspaper.

The photographer was not injured.

“Any incident in which a person is robbed of their possessions at gunpoint is incredibly troubling,” Chronicle Editor in Chief Emilio Garcia-Ruiz said. “We are relieved that our colleague was not physically injured. We are a part of this community, and we will not retreat from providing the news and information it needs.”