Elderly Mom Helps Chase Away Robbers on Mother's Day

KFBK - A Stockton mom showed just how amazing mothers can be, and it was just a coincidence that it happened to be on Mother's Day.

A woman had just returned home from shopping on Mother's Day on the 3100 block of Stefano Way in Stockton when two suspects approached her and tried stealing her shopping bag. 

After she resisted, one of the men ripped off a gold chain from around her neck. Stockton Police Officer Joe Silva says that's when the woman's elderly mother came running out. "At that point, the victims elderly mother saw what happened and chased after the suspect, yelling for help."

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When the two black males got into their white four-door car, one fired a gun into the air then both fled the scene.

Officer Silva says "This is probably not how this family planned on spending Mother's Day, but we all got to remember that all moms, doesn't matter how old they are, always have that instinct in them, that when they see something happen to one of their children, they're gonna go out and protect them."

The men got away but no one was hurt during the incident. If anyone has any information on this robbery, you're asked to call the Stockton Police Department.