A brazen jewelry store heist in San Ramon, California, was captured on camera as armed suspects stole approximately $1 million in merchandise. The robbery, which resulted in at least one suspect firing a shot through the store’s entrance, highlights the escalating issue of organized retail crime in the state.
Similar incidents, including the hospitalization of an elderly jewelry store owner in San Jose, have raised concerns about the rise in retail theft, with California having launched its own Organized Retail Crime Task Force to combat the trend.
Surveillance video from Kim Hung Jewelry showed suspects backing up an SUV into the store’s glass windows before more than a dozen of them stormed in and grabbed items from display cases.
California launched its own Organized Retail Crime Task Force to combat large-scale retail thefts. In 2025, the task force, which is led by the California Highway Patrol, made over 700 arrests and recovered nearly 150,000 stolen items worth $8 million, as of August.