{"id":1475478,"date":"2024-07-05T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1475478"},"modified":"2024-07-05T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T22:20:00","slug":"elderly-tourist-hit-with-car-killed-after-being-robbed-in-affluent-newport-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/elderly-tourist-hit-with-car-killed-after-being-robbed-in-affluent-newport-beach\/1475478\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Tourist Hit With Car, Killed After Being Robbed In Affluent Newport Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Elderly Tourist Hit With Car, Killed After Being Robbed In Affluent Newport Beach<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Crime continues to escalate in California and, in turn, so does the collateral damage that comes with it. And it isn&#8217;t just San Francisco, LA or Oakland anymore&#8230;the effects are being felt even in places like Newport Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This past week an elderly 69 year old tourist was killed at a shopping center in Newport Beach when a crew of &#8220;armed goons&#8221; ran her over with their car after they finished a &#8220;brazen broad-daylight robbery&#8221;, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/03\/us-news\/tourist-run-over-and-killed-by-fleeing-armed-robbers\/\">according to the New York Post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The woman and her husband, visiting from New Zealand, were attacked by three thieves outside of a Barnes and Noble. The husband fought back but the thieves dragged the woman into the parking lot and eventually ran her over with their white Toyota Camry before fleeing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All three suspects connected with the crime are now in custody, according to Sgt. Steven Oberon of the Newport Beach Police Department.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Screenshot%202024-07-05%20at%209.40.01%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=3rov8pbf\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The woman, who has not been identified, suffered injuries, while her husband is believed to be uninjured. One suspect fled on foot while the others escaped in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities notified residents around 4 p.m. to avoid the shopping plaza as the investigation was underway. Police were seen at the center directing the public to safety, with helicopters overhead providing aerial support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/socal\/daily-pilot\/news\/story\/2024-07-02\/breaking-newport-beach-police-investigating-possible-shooting-at-fashion-island\">According to the LA Times<\/a>, one nearby witness said:\u00a0\u201cAbout 20 people were running and screaming, \u2018Someone\u2019s shooting!\u2019 They locked us in the restaurant, and I hear for sure one person was dead and I think several injured.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Newport Beach Mayor Will O\u2019Neill concluded: \u201cNewport Beach is a safe community and we\u2019re mourning the loss of someone. Frankly, to hell with these guys. &#8230; These are thugs. Every community is now dealing with this. We have to do better as a society. We cannot tolerate this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Fri, 07\/05\/2024 &#8211; 14:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/elderly-tourist-new-zealand-hit-car-killed-after-being-robbed-affluent-newport-beach\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/elderly-tourist-new-zealand-hit-car-killed-after-being-robbed-affluent-newport-beach<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elderly Tourist Hit With Car, Killed After Being Robbed In Affluent Newport Beach Crime continues to escalate in California and, in turn, so does the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1475479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1475478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1475478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1475479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1475478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1475478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1475478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}