A KRON-TV reporter was robbed of equipment and personal property early Tuesday in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, police said.
The employee, whose name wasn't released, was sitting in his news van on the Interstate 280 overpass near 18th and Pennsylvania Avenue about 5 a.m., preparing a report on recent work that was completed on the freeway.
Two men with bandannas hiding their faces got out of a car, opened the van doors and put a gun to the reporter's head while ordering him to get in the back, police said.
The assailants stole a laptop computer, a wallet and a camera tripod before fleeing in their car.
No arrests have been made. Station managers declined to comment Tuesday.
The incident is the latest holdup in which robbers have targeted the news media. The heists have prompted many stations to hired security guards to accompany news crews, including in Oakland. Many of the guards are former police officers.
In September 2013, two men were arrested after robbing a KRON-TV reporter in an incident that ended when a security guard with the employee - a former Oakland officer - fired shots, hitting one suspect near the groin.
From The San Francisco Chronicle
KRON-TV Reporter Robbed at Gunpoint in San Francisco
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