'Isn't the first time store was targeted' Fresno jewelry store owners speak out

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — At slightest 3 suspects are wanted aft utilizing a car to ram into a family-owned jewelry store adjacent Cedar and Herndon Avenues, Fresno constabulary say.

Exclusive surveillance video shows the suspects forcefully backing into the beforehand of the concern astatine slightest twice. 

Nader Hussein and Mohammad Younes’ families ain Alquds Jewelry. Nader said helium was wrong with different people, including 2 kids, during the attempted robbery.

“We saw the car going successful reverse and we thought they were conscionable trying to parkland usually due to the fact that they messed up, but they went, like, guardant again and thrust and they reversed afloat successful the backmost and they deed the solid successful the doorway and we conscionable each got scared,” Nader Hussein said.

Nader’s younger member was close adjacent to the solid arsenic the car attempted to thrust in.  

“I went to drawback my member from the chair. He was sitting successful the front. I took him wrong and we conscionable called the police,” Hussein said.

Mohammad tells america helium was astatine location erstwhile helium recovered retired his family’s store was perchance robbed.

“I perceive my dada and my ma screaming. I'm like, what's going on? They said the store got robbed. I jumped out, sprinted retired the door. I wasn’t adjacent wearing my shoes correctly,” Mohammad Younes said.

As the suspects tried to get away, an worker astatine a adjacent concern fired a weapon astatine slightest erstwhile astatine the suspects' getaway cars. Fresno Police said close now, that antheral is not facing charges.

“Our detectives volition beryllium interviewing that civilian to spot if there's immoderate crimes oregon immoderate statutes that helium whitethorn person violated,” Fresno Police Department’s Henry Garcia said.

Mohammad said this isn’t the archetypal clip their store was targeted by robbers.

In Friday's attempt, helium said the suspects utilized astatine slightest 2 getaway cars and near the achromatic Lexus SUV behind.

“One being a achromatic BMW, a 4 series. It has caller plates connected it. And the 1 being a reddish four-door sedan,” Younes said.

Fresno Police accidental their robbery detectives judge this attempted robbery is tied to a bid of crimes crossed California.

“They bash judge that this is perchance progressive with oregon the suspects are perchance progressive with different robberies passim the state,” Garcia said.