Wedding photographer fights off armed attackers to save couple’s photos in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — A marriage photographer fought off a brazen daytime assault by two armed males in San Francisco to save lots of the filmed reminiscences of his shoppers.

The assault occurred proper in entrance of the horrified bride and groom.

And it was considered one of two separate assaults on photographers in the identical day on the identical location – San Francisco’s Palace of High quality Arts.

Each had been caught on video.

One photographer from Dallas, who requested anonymity for his security, says he flew into San Francisco for the day to take a pair’s engagement images the afternoon of Nov. 9.

In video taken by an eyewitness, two masked and armed males abruptly strategy the photographer, proper in entrance of the bride and groom.

The would-be sufferer, a brand new father who acknowledges he wasn’t considering rigorously concerning the potential penalties, efficiently wrestles his digicam bag again out of the suspects’ fingers.

At one level, he was even pistol-whipped in the course of the incident.

He spoke completely to ABC7’s sister station KGO-TV in San Francisco to explain the harrowing expertise.

“I used to be simply freaked out. I attempted to guard the shopper’s reminiscences. The bride was crying the entire time,” he stated.

He says he’ll by no means shoot on the Palace of High quality Arts once more and encourages {couples} to now not maintain picture shoots there.

Earlier within the day, a photographer from the Bay Space witnessed one other photographer being robbed at gunpoint outdoors the Palace of High quality Arts. Within the video he recorded, you’ll be able to see a suspect run away with a gear bag.

Each incidents had been reported to SFPD however police haven’t reported any extra particulars.