Good Samaritan who stopped attack in Oakland's Chinatown honored

Good Samaritan who stopped attack in Oakland's Chinatown honored

By Kara St. Cyr Click here for updates on this story     OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — A Good Samaritan was honored in Oakland after he stepped in to stop a brutal attack at a grocery store in the city’s Chinatown. Tom Jensen doesn’t know what came over him the day he fought off an attacker at Won Kee Grocery last week. “It was all on automatic. I wasn’t afraid,” Jensen told CBS News Bay Area as he was walking through Chinatown. The 71-year-old y…

Unhoused senior honored after stopping attack in Oakland's Chinatown

An unhoused senior was honored Tuesday for intervening in a violent attack on an Oakland Chinatown grocery store worker. The incident happened last Thursday at Oakland Chinatown’s Won Kee Grocery store. A surveillance video captured a suspect hitting a worker when asked to check in his bag. That’s when 71-year-old Tom Jensen confronted the attacker, scaring him away. Minutes later, the suspect returned and attacked Jensen from behind, knocking h…

Good Samaritan attacked in Oakland Chinatown honored

A homeless man in Oakland was honored Tuesday for intervening after a Chinatown market worker was attacked and ended up getting assaulted himself.

Suspect's brother reacts to attack on city employee

A Fresno city employee remains in critical condition after a brutal attack in Chinatown last week.

Fund Set Up For Fresno City Employee 'Viciously Attacked'

FRESNO, Calif. (KMJ/KFSN) — A Fresno City Employee remains in critical condition after a brutal attack in Fresno’s Chinatown.  The employee is 56-year-old Tim Smith. He’s worked for the city for 20 years.  Police say 30-year-old Dyllan Padavona attacked Smith near Kern and G Streets on Friday morning.  Officials say Smith was working alone on an electrical box when he was hit in the head by Padavona.  Several hours after the attack, the suspect …

DA files charges against man suspected of attacking Fresno city employee

Charges have been filed against a man accused of attacking a City of Fresno employee last week.  The Fresno County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday that it filed charges against Dyllan James Padavona, 30, who is also known as Dyllan James Hopkins.  Driving the news: Last Friday, Padavona allegedly approached city worker Timothy Smith and struck him in the back of the head with a blunt object.  Smith was on the clock for the city …