Frightening doorbell camera footage shows the moment a woman was targeted in an apparent follow-home style robbery by a masked man with a gun.
The clip, recorded in Washington state early Monday, shows the suspect briefly give chase to the unnamed victim before having the door to her Kent home shut in his face right in the nick of time.
The victim, an unidentified Asian woman who appears middle-aged, managed to record the encounter with her residence’s ring-mounted camera – one provided by Amazon owned Ring.com.
Coincidentally, the town of roughly 135,000 – set 20 miles south of Seattle – entered a partnership with the home security startup in February 2020, at the time to address a spate of similar crime where would-be robbers follow their targets home.
The footage, shared to Reddit by user willmok a few hours later, showed much of the same – with an accompanying caption claiming that people of Asian descent are the ones regularly being targeted.
Frightening doorbell camera footage shows the moment a woman was targeted in an apparent follow-home style robbery by a masked man with a gun.
within a fraction of a second, a man enters the frame – a towering figure seen toting a pistol with what appears to be an extended magazine
The clip, recorded in Washington state early Monday, shows the suspect briefly give chase to the unnamed victim before having the door to her Kent home shut in his face right in the nick of time.
A headline to the now-viral thread read: ‘Warning, Asians are still being targeted and being followed home.’
It added that the incident happened this morning Kent East Hill,’ a particularly problematic area of the city – which is the state’s fourth most populous.
Commenters subsequently expressed their appall at the accompanying clip – which shows the woman entering the home behind an also Asian acquaintance at 12:48am local time.
A few seconds behind her male associate – who is seen unlocking and opening both the front and screen door before entering – the woman attempts to enter as well, before taking a glance to her rear toward what should have been total darkness.
Instead, the woman sees something else – something indicated by her visible look of fear in the now-circulating clip.
Sure enough, within a fraction of a second, a man enters the frame – a towering figure seen toting a pistol with what appears to be an extended magazine.
Seemingly catching wind of what was about to happen, the woman – alone with her assailant at this point – is seen quickly rushing into the domicile, successfully shutting the door behind her.
In her haste, the screen door was left open, leaving the masked marauder tasked with opening the actual door that was just closed in front of him.
The mark, an unidentified Asian woman who appears middle-aged, managed to record the encounter with her residence’s ring-mounted camera – one provided by Amazon owned Ring.com
In her haste, the screen door was left open, leaving the masked marauder tasked with opening the actual door that was just closed in front of him
Thankfully, as the footage shows, he found it to be locked – with the woman somehow managing to turn the mechanism after closing the door, potentially saving her and others inside
The man proceeds to struggle with the door knob aggressively before noticing the camera recording him – leading him to try to dismount it in a frantic fit. He eventually escaped with what appeared to be an accomplice
Thankfully, as the footage shows, he found it to be locked – with the woman somehow managing to turn the mechanism after closing the door, potentially saving her and others inside.
The man proceeds to struggle with the door knob aggressively before noticing the camera recording him – leading him to try to dismount it in a frantic fit.
As this point, a potential accomplice – also decked out in black – is seen peering into the frame behind the robber, before both are seen escaping emptyhanded.
It was unclear from the post whether the incident was reported to local police.
Onlookers, meanwhile, were quick to express their outrage.
‘Just awful to watch,’ one wrote, while calling the incident a ‘hate crime.
‘I truly hope these individuals are caught and removed from society. We must have a zero tolerance policy to these crimes.’
Another remarked: ‘He’s got an extended mag on his pistol and he’s out robbing people alone in the early morning. This is unhinged.’
Other more eagle eyed users noted the other man briefly seen in the clip – likely showing how the avoided strike had been planned, and potentially part of a larger spree.
The city, considered part of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan area, in recent years has struggled with armed robberies and gun violence, likely due to its proximity to the similarly troubled Windy City
As a result, in February 2020 – just before the pandemic – Kent police, headed by Chief Rafael Padilla, entered a partnership with Ring.com, in hopes of catching would be perpetrators while still in the act
‘He’s not alone,’ someone wrote. ‘Another masked, armed man is coming up behind him… visible for only a few frames.’
The city, considered part of the Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue metropolitan area, in recent years has struggled with armed robberies and gun violence, likely due to its proximity to the similarly troubled Windy City.
As a result, in February 2020 – just before the pandemic – Kent police entered a partnership with Ring.com, in hopes of catching would be perpetrators while still in the act.
‘With this, we can send out an email and say we had this incident are there any videos out there for us,’ current chief Rafael Padilla – who has served the department since 1997 – said at the time.
Last month, the department took new steps to addressing crime in the neighborhood where the recent incident occurred – by targeting an East Hill apartment complex that Padilla and others claim to house many of the perpetrators.
On August 9, in what was billed as step to restore safety to a neighborhood that has been terrorized by violent crime, the force cuff a 25-year-oldsuspect on murder charges following the fatal shooting of a 43-year-old man on 111th Place SE.
In a Facebook post shared shortly after, the KPD wrote: ‘This apartment complex has been the hub for extraordinary violent crime, particularly this year.
‘Today’s action is but one of several steps we are taking to identify and apprehend the violent offenders who have terrorized this neighborhood.’
DailyMail.com has reached out to the Kent Police Department for comment.
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