While they were enjoying coffee at a Vallejo Starbucks on Tuesday morning, a touring British indie-rock band said that they lost personal belongings when their vehicle was the target of an armed robbery.
On their Instagram account, the band commented about the incident. A person was seen on cell phone camera removing objects from a vehicle while shouting for one of the band members to get down and then shouting, “Ring the police! Call the cops.
The petrol station and Starbucks at 199 Lincoln Road West in Vallejo seemed to be the subject of the video.
With the caption, “Just been robbed at gunpoint 10 minutes into the US tour,” the footage was shown. “Stopped for coffee. A man enters and reports that some men are crashing into a van. When I ran outside to try to stop it, I discovered masked men looting the van. They draw a gun when you start yelling.
One of the robbers of the van is seen in the footage apparently pointing a gun at the tour manager. Then, while patrons of the coffee shop can be heard telling people to stay inside, two members of the band’s touring contingent are seen rushing back inside the Starbucks. The victims are heard using profanity and describing things they witnessed being taken, such as laptops and bags.
The band, who have two albums in the UK top 10, “lost their passports, stage equipment and personal belongings in the incident,” which occurred at approximately 8:45 a.m., according to a BBC story.
The band’s original plan was to begin their U.S. tour in San Francisco on Monday night at the Kilowatt. However, due to a cancelled flight from the United Kingdom, the event was rescheduled for this Saturday night at the Chapel. Due to the postponement, Sport Team would really begin their tour with an all-ages performance at Sacramento’s Goldfield Trading Post on Tuesday night. At the time of the incident, the band was traveling to Sacramento.
The police’s answer was to file a report online.In their Instagram post, the band stated, “They lost a lot of personal gear, but they didn’t get the instruments so they’re driving on to Sacramento to play tonight.”
The band appeared astonished and upset by what had happened to them, despite the post’s effort at humor.
“To be honest, it was quite astonishing how resigned everyone appeared to be to it. “It happens,” concluded the message. “9 a.m. at a Starbucks gas station. Wild.
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