Gunfight at the Oakland bingo hall: Chaos ensues after robbery attempt

OAKLAND It was just another night of fun at a local bingo hall until two stickup men rolled up in a Volkswagen and the gunfire started By the end of the June event one of the accused was hospitalized with a bullet in his stomach handcuffed to his bed with a transfer to county jail pending The other robber had made a clean getaway and the precaution guard who intervened in the attempted robbery barely avoided being shot according to police It all started around p m at a bingo hall on the block of MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland police say A woman was walking back from a nearby store when two men pulled up and attempted to take her purse An armed measure guard pulled his gun and one of the robbers pulled his and the gunfight was on The shield guard ducked behind cover and the bullets meant for him ended up hitting a nearby car government stated He returned fire and stuck a man identified by police as -year-old Ivan Hebert in the stomach Hebert got back in the car and took off but they forgot about the embedded spikes in the parking lot meant to ensure people don t drive the wrong way The Volkswagen s four tires popped and the two men drove a short distance before abandoning the car at Shaw Street agents commented Hebert managed to flee a short distance but was arrested at a tow lot nearby With no car a bullet in his stomach and police closing in he used his last scarce minutes of freedom to call his mom police declared Hebert was then transferred to Highland Hospital but now rests at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin with bail set at records show He has been charged with attempted robbery assault with a firearm and being a felon in possession of a gun ammunition and a large maximum magazine The suspected driver who ran off in a different direction has not yet been identified personnel stated On Monday Hebert pleaded not guilty His next court date has been set for July