Elderly Tourist Hit With Car, Killed After Being Robbed In Affluent Newport Beach

Crime continues to escalate in California and, in turn, so does the collateral damage that comes with it. And it isn’t just San Francisco, LA or Oakland anymore…the effects are being felt even in places like Newport Beach.

This past week an elderly 69-year-old tourist was killed at a shopping center in Newport Beach when a crew of “armed goons” ran her over with their car after they finished a “brazen broad-daylight robbery,” according to the New York Post.

The woman and her husband, visiting from New Zealand, were attacked by three thieves outside of a Barnes and Noble. The husband fought back but the thieves dragged the woman into the parking lot and eventually ran her over with their white Toyota Camry before fleeing.

All three suspects connected with the crime are now in custody, according to Sgt. Steven Oberon of the Newport Beach Police Department.