OAKLAND — A Texas attorney is putting up reward money to help investigators find the perpetrators of a robbery that victimized her son as he was fueling his car in Oakland.
The brazen daytime crime happened around 2 o’clock Monday at the 76 station on Hegenberger Road near Oakland International Airport.
The 21-year-old victim was filling up a rental car before returning. He and four friends were on the way to the airport to catch a return flight to Texas.
Surveillance footage showed a four-door Infiniti pulling up next to the victim’s rental Ford SUV. One man got out to break the back window and open the door. The robbers then took luggage and belongings. Another robber walked around and pointed a gun at the driver to steal his bracelets and a watch. The robbers also took phones and wallets from the passengers. In all, there were five culprits seen in the surveillance video.
“Our son was hit with a gun multiple times. He was robbed violently as his friends were as well,” said Maxey Scherr, the driver’s mother. The victim did not want to be identified for safety reasons.