Jewelry is his life': After smash and grab, San Jose jewelry store will reopen, but its 88-year-old owner will retire

"It was only about ten minutes after a car had rammed into the front of Kim Hung Jewelry on Aborn Road in San Jose. A crowd of more than a dozen people rushed in, smashed jewelry cases and made off with a bounty of stolen jewelry in the shocking Sept. 5 robbery; her uncle was violently shoved to the ground by one of the robbers."

"The incident garnered international headlines and widespread outrage. The robbery was one of several brazen Bay Area smash-and-grabs that have made headlines in recent weeks. Twenty people, some armed with guns, stormed a jewelry store in San Ramon on Monday. Investigators linked a gang based in East Oakland with dozens of robberies including smash-and-grabs across the East Bay."

"Less than one minute after the mass crime at the San Jose jewelry store, a second group of four people entered the ransacked shop to see whether there was anything left to steal, said Linh, who asked to only be identified by her first name due to safety concerns. Video shared by Linh shows a white sedan pulling up and four people, dressed in black hoodies and masks, running into the store armed with hammers, then running back into the car just seconds later"

Linh arrived to find police and her 88-year-old uncle shaking and panicked after a car rammed the front of Kim Hung Jewelry on Aborn Road in San Jose. More than a dozen people rushed in, smashed jewelry cases and stole a bounty of jewelry; one robber shoved the uncle to the ground. Less than one minute later a second group of four entered the ransacked store to see if anything remained. Video shows a white sedan and four people in black hoodies and masks armed with hammers who fled seconds later when they saw empty cases. The store owner Buy began as a jeweler in Vietnam and opened his first California store about 40 years ago. The robbery prompted a Santa Clara County program to provide funds to small businesses, and investigators linked related smash-and-grabs to a gang based in East Oakland.

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