Robbed at gunpoint while he was about to take photos in the Oakland hills, ktvu. Crime reporter Henry lee here in studio now after speaking with the victim, Henry. Mike his pictures of bobcats, birds and other animals are well known on next door and many say his images are one of the few positive things on social media. But now he too has fallen victim to robbers. In Oakland. A guy ran up to me and stuck a gun in my ribs and said, Give me your wallet. 72 year old Jim Roach of Oakland was robbed at gunpoint just as he was about to go on a hike and do what he does best. Take photos of wildlife. Three masked robbers surrounded him after apparently following him to Skyline Boulevard and Joaquin Miller Road in the Oakland Hills just before sunrise Friday morning. Then they said, Give me your phone. And then I couldn't find my phone. So they got angry and they looked in my car for the phone and they found my camera. Roach's prized canon camera with zoom lens. The one he uses to take high definition photos of animals like this eagle, Bobcat Coyote and Steller's Jay Until this event, I didn't realize my pictures were this popular. His photos have gained him a following online, including on next door admirer. Say Roach is a treasure whose imagery is a refreshing breath of fresh air amid all the doom and gloom that dominate local forums. When this happened. While the outpouring of love on next door was over the top, Roach says he'll be back in the outdoors very soon. No, I'm not going to let crooks stop me from what I do. I go right out and do it again. He believes the robbers, too, will do it again. They use his credit cards at gas stations in East Oakland within a half hour of the holdup. They were young kids . Clearly somebody telling them to do what they're doing and teaching them what to do and they're as much victims as I am. As you ask me. Christy Parsons MacLaine walked her dogs at the same spot where Roach was robbed . Normally, I feel safe, but when I hear stories like that, I wonder if I am I don't know if I would come up here that early in the morning, though. And there's not that many people. So the takeaway here, no matter how pleasant the scenery looks, can be deceiving robbers can strike at any
