Parents speak out after 2 teens robbed of shoes, jewelry at River Park

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two parents spoke retired Tuesday night, aft a frightening experience.

One saying, "He goes, "No, I request you to travel now. We conscionable got robbed."

Another saying, "My son, he's traumatized."

These parents, who asked not to beryllium identified, accidental some of their sons and a person were robbed Monday evening astatine the River Park buying halfway successful Northeast Fresno.

Video shows Fresno constabulary flooding the country betwixt 5 and 6 p.m.

"I conscionable don't recognize however thing similar this happens, for a kid to beryllium robbed," 1 genitor said.

The 3 boys ranged successful property from 12 to 13 years old.

"Jewelry was taken from them, basically, you know, violated them. Shoes was taken from their feet, they had walked barefooted to security," the begetter added.

The parents accidental the trio was successful the restroom erstwhile different radical approached them and ordered 1 of the boys to manus implicit his necklace.

Before helium could region it, the boys accidental a masked antheral snatched it disconnected his cervix and left.

Seconds later, the perpetrators returned and ordered 2 of the boys to springiness them their shoes.

The children besides told their parents 1 of the robbers flashed a gun, though it's important to enactment that nary limb was mentioned successful the authoritative study made by the Fresno Police.

The incidental occurred connected the aforesaid time Fresno Police announced a 7% driblet successful robbery implicit the past year.

"We decidedly don't privation our assemblage to beryllium disquieted oregon concerned. And I deliberation our statistic backmost that our transgression is down," said Fresno Police Sergeant Diana Trueba Vega.

Officers person issued a reminder to shoppers, Sergeant Vega saying, "We promote them to beryllium alert of their surroundings astatine each times. If you're retired astatine a buying center, effort to beryllium retired with people. Try not to beryllium alone, particularly during darkness."

River Park, besides issuing a connection Tuesday night, wrote successful part:

"Security remains the apical precedence astatine River Park, and arsenic we statesman the caller year, it is simply a reminder for america each to enactment vigilant and alert of our surroundings."