Parents of Home Depot employee killed by shoplifter upset by DA Price's decision to seek lesser char

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CHORES. SARAH? >> ALL RIGHT, VERN, VERY UNDERSTANDABLE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UPDATE. >>> NOW WE TURN TO OUR TOP STORY. 26-YEAR-OLD BLAKE MOHS WAS WORKING FOR A PLEASANT AND HOME DEPOT. HIS MOM SAID THAT HE USED TO TALK TO HER ABOUT SHOPLIFTING, THAT IT WORKED ALL THE TIME AT WORK. HE SAID PEOPLE WOULD SOMETIMES PULL OUT WEAPONS. IT WAS ENOUGH TO WORRY HER AS A MOTHER, AND IN THE END HER WORST NIGHTMARE CAME TO PASS. MOSE WAS KILLED ON THE JOB WHEN A SHOPLIFTER SHOT AND KILLED HIM. AS BETTY YU REPORTS, HIS FAMILY IS WORRIED THEY WILL NOT SEE JUSTICE. >> Reporter: 26-YEAR-OLD BLAKE MOHS WAS SHOT DEAD BY A SHOPLIFTER AT HOME DEPOT, WHO STOLE A CHARGER FOR A POWER TOOL. ACCORDING TO POLICE, BENICIA AND THE GETAWAY DRIVER WERE ARRESTED. >> MY SON WAS ONLY 26. HE DID NOT EVEN SEE THE GUN. HE DID NOT HAVE ANY IDEA. HE WAS DOING HIS JOB AND IT WAS OVER. HE WAS BACK IN THE STORE SAFE. THIS WOMAN CAME BACK FOR HIM. >> Reporter: BLAKE'S MOM CHOKED BACK TEARS, SIX WEEKS TO THE DAY AFTER HER SON, A LOSS PREVENTION EMPLOYEE, WAS KILLED AT THE PLEASANTON STORE. AT THE TIME, THE FAMILY SAID THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEVER REACHED OUT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER CONSISTENT OUTREACH THAT A D.A. RESPONDING TO THE CASE RESPONDED. >> THE PHONE CALL WAS THAT PAMELA PREIS WAS NOT GOING TO MEET WITH US. SHE WAS NOT GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US. WE DISCUSSED MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHARGES. THE FACT THAT WE WERE NOT BEING KEPT IN THE LOOP. >> Reporter: 'S PARENTS WERE TOLD THE PRICE HAD A FULL SCHEDULE UNTIL MID-JUNE. THEY ALSO LEARNED BOTH SUSPECTS ARE FELONS. >> SHE IS FACING MURDER CHARGES AND SOMETHING CALLED LITTLE GUN, WHICH IS FIVE YEARS. IT IS NOT ROBBERY OR INTENT TO ROB. THERE ARE NO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR ENHANCEMENTS BEING ADDED. WE WERE TOLD BY THE D.A. THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT NON-BECAUSE IT IS THE POLICY OF PAMELA PREIS. IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY LOGICAL SENSE IN MY HEART OR ANYTHING. >> Reporter: BLAKE WAS SENT TO GET MARRIED IN AUGUST AND ASPIRED TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. HE WAS ACTIVE WITH THE BOY SCOUTS HIS ENTIRE LIFE. LORI SAID THAT HER SON LOVED HIS JOB, THOUGH IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. >> HE TALKED ABOUT GUNS BEING PULLED ON HIM. HE TALKED ABOUT THE MASS AMOUNTS OF SHOPLIFTING. IT WAS IN PLEASANTON AND IN EVERY STORE. HE WORKED ALL OF ALAMEDA COUNTY. >> Reporter: SINCE PRICE WAS ELECTED ON A PLATFORM OF TOUGH SENTENCING, SEVERAL LONGTIME PROSECUTORS HAVE LEFT HER OFFICE, WHICH FACES INCREASING SCRUTINY FOR DOING AWAY WITH MOST SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS UNDER HER LEADERSHIP. >> SHE IS NOT ALLOWING US TO GRIEF. THAT IS THE REALITY. SHE HAS GOT US SO FOCUSED AND STUCK ON FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE THAT WE DON'T GET TO PROCESS ANY OF THE EMOTION. WE DON'T GET TO PROCESS WHAT CHRISTMAS LOOKS LIKE. SO THIS ONE IS REALLY SPECIAL JUST BECAUSE -- >> Reporter: LORI SHOWED US THEIR LAST FAMILY PHOTO. >> THE HUGS WERE THE BEST PLACE TO BE AND I COULD REALLY USE ONE OF THOSE. >> Reporter: WE REACHED OUT TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR HER SIDE OF THE STORY ON OUR WAY TO INTERVIEW THE FAMILY THIS EVENING. WE
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Length: 3min 43sec (223 seconds)
Published: Wed May 31 2023
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