Two men have been arrested in the shooting of a security guard for a news crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers' strike, authorities said Monday.
KPIX said a reporter and a photographer were gathering interviews Sunday afternoon outside the 81st Avenue branch of the Oakland Public Library when a car pulled up and two men got out and of them pointed a gun and demanded their camera. The crew surrendered the equipment and began walking away.
One of the suspects then shot the guard, Matt Meredith, in the leg, the news station said. KPIX reporter Joe Vazquez said on Twitter that the guard, a retired Berkeley police officer, returned gunfire.