‘Defenseless’ California ice cream man attempting to lift cash for autistic son robbed for third time in 1 week

An aged native vendor who offered ice cream to assist assist his household and pay lease was robbed at gunpoint in California for the third time in per week.

Don Juan, 82, was promoting ice cream round midday Monday in Oakland when two armed thieves bounce out the backseat of a black Ford Edge and stripped the person for all he had, Citizen app footage confirmed.

One other man briefly stepped out of the passenger-side seat because the thieves took off with $120, according to NBC Bay Area. 

The disturbing encounter is the third time in a single week Juan was mugged as he pushed his ice cream cart round.

Juan informed the outlet this was additionally the eighth time in 10 years he’s been robbed whereas doing all he can to lift cash for his autistic son in Peru.

Oakland police are nonetheless investigating however don’t have any suspects in custody as of Wednesday.

A GoFundMe page has been created for Juan to assist get well the funds he misplaced within the scary ordeal.

Greater than $13,670 has been raised for Juan — surpassing the $5,000 mark that was initially listed on the positioning.

“Don Juan has knowledgeable us that he’s unable to pay his lease this month, amongst his different dwelling bills,” the web page stated. “As a defenseless man, he’s left with no selection however to face up to this habits from these criminals and maintain it pushing day-to-day to make a dwelling.”

A handful of Oakland organizations in addition to avenue vendor activist Alex Enamorado have already opened their arms to the aged man, with the neighborhood already having put collectively a buyout of his ice cream.

“That is undoubtedly flawed on so many ranges. #ProtectStreetVendors,” Enamorado said on Instagram.

Incidents of distributors being robbed at gunpoint in California have been on the rise.

Two armed robbers held up a pair of taco stands in Los Angeles, which left two individuals injured through the shootout in June.

Every week previous to that, LAPD officers stated three incidents on Could 28 involving two totally different teams held up taco vans from about 11 p.m. to 12:25 a.m.

They stated the thieves made off with around $1,800 from the two hauls.