Donut shop owner raising funds for Monterey Park shooting victims is robbed but is trying again online
The owner of a donut shop in Arcadia, California, set out a donation box on his counter this month and collected $2,000 for the victims of the mass shooting last year in Monterey Park.
The owner of a donut shop in Arcadia, California, set out a donation box on his counter this month and collected $2,000 for the victims of the mass shooting last year in Monterey Park.
Arcadia Donuts owner Francois Ung then discovered last week that his car had been broken into and the money stolen. He has now started an online fundraiser for the attack at the Star Ballroom in January 2023, where 10 people were killed and the gunman later took his own life.
Ung, 52, said that at dawn last Tuesday, he was opening up his shop and, because he was running a bit late, rushed inside to get started, briefly leaving his laptop and the funds inside the car. When he glanced up at the security camera at the front of the store, he knew something was wrong.
“Suddenly I lifted my head and I see someone running,” Ung said. “‘Why is he running?’ I run right away outside and then saw my car’s driver side is broken.”
Security footage seen by NBC News shows a man, whose face is covered, smash the driver’s side window, pop open the trunk and scoop up items before sprinting away. Ung said he suspects that the thief had been watching him from across the plaza, determining the right time to strike.
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