SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — An 88-year-old jewelry store owner was assaulted in a brazen smash and grab heist in San Jose, police said.
It happened on Friday at Kim Hung Jewelry on the 1900 block of Aborn Road.
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Video showed a car crashing through the front of the jewelry store.
Moments later, more than a dozen robbers broke display cases and snatched jewelry.
One of robbers shoved the elderly store owner to the ground. He suffered a stroke and was also cut by broken glass, according to sources who know the owner.
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He’s now recuperating.
The suspects fled the scene in multiple vehicles, police said. No arrests have been made.
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No word on how much the stolen jewelry is worth.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the SJPD Robbery Unit at [email protected] .
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