Vivian Chow and Mary Beth McDade
Dashcam video captured the second a person stopped the tried theft of an aged couple in San Gabriel.
The nice Samaritan, Tony Truong, was driving down Valley Boulevard close to Walnut Road round 4 p.m. when he seen the couple stopped on the sidewalk.
He mentioned the girl reminded him of his mom who had handed away 4 months in the past. That’s when he seen the girl’s husband was being harassed and robbed by a person.
His car’s sprint digicam captured the confrontation because the thief gave the impression to be snatching a gold chain off the aged man’s neck.
“I used to be heading to the store and I witnessed a theft,” recalled Truong. “The man was robbing an aged man in a wheelchair so I stepped in and helped.”
Truong mentioned it took a second to course of what was unfolding in entrance of his eyes. As he appeared on the lady who reminded him of his late mom, “it simply so occurred that the extra I used to be her, I noticed her husband within the again getting robbed,” mentioned Truong.
The video, which has gone viral on social media, captured Truong pulling over and yelling on the thief to cease.
“The man was making an attempt to stash the gold chain off the sufferer and I acquired out of the automobile and ran over,” mentioned Truong. “I requested him, ‘What are you doing?’ and mentioned ‘That’s not okay.’ He informed me he was making an attempt to offer the person some cash and I’m like, ‘No, that’s not what I noticed. I noticed precisely what you probably did.’”
The suspect left the world and drove off in a big white Nissan Armada SUV with Nevada license plates and a feminine passenger inside.
Truong was in a position to seize clear pictures of the person and his car earlier than he fled the scene.
“I don’t contemplate myself a hero, I used to be simply doing what anyone would do,” mentioned Truong. “I’m simply uninterested in seeing this occurring on-line and no one steps in.”
The aged couple’s household tells KTLA they positively contemplate Truong a hero and mentioned though the couple is shaken up, they’re properly and are very grateful to Truong.