OAKLAND, CA — A security guard has died after he was shot while protecting a San Francisco Bay Area television news crew.
KRON-TV said Saturday that the station was devastated by the loss of Kevin Nishita.
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The former police officer was an armed guard who provided security for many reporters in the region.
He was shot in the abdomen during an attempted robbery of KRON-TV's camera equipment in Oakland on Wednesday.
The news crew was covering a recent smash-and-grab robbery of a clothing store.
Parts of California have been struck by a rash of organized retail thefts in which bands of thieves break into high-end stores and snatch merchandise.
