A retired California police officer was shot and mortally wounded while working security for a news crew Wednesday.
Kevin Nishita, who retired in 2018 after serving with the Hayward, San Jose, and Colma police department, was shot in the abdomen duringan attempted robbery of KRON-TV’s camera equipment near downtown Oakland, police said.
"He was rushed to a local hospital for medical attention and, despite the hospital staff’s best efforts, succumbed to his injuries (Saturday) morning," the City of Colma said in a statement.
The KRON crew was covering a recent robbery where a group of thieves broke in and stole from a clothing store, the Associated Press reports.
A reward of $32,500 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in Nishita’s killing.