Attack on business owner in San Jose – NBC Bay Area

The women who have run a market in San Jose for more than a decade are shocked after disturbing surveillance video shows two suspects hitting and shoving them.

The owner said it happened on Wednesday when the suspects tried to steal a beer.

Phuong Ton has owned Smile Market on North 4th Street in San Jose for 16 years, but she says she has never experienced anything like this.

She said her sister was working the cash register when a man and a woman tried to pay for a beer.

But her sister noticed that the man was hiding a second beer.

“We have a camera here and we can see that he put it in his pants,” Ton said.

Her sister confronted her and then violence ensued.

The video shows a beer can hidden in the man’s pants and Ton’s sister tugging on his shirt.

He pushes her to the ground and before she can get up again, the woman hits him and pulls her hair.

At the same time, Ton was outside and was on his way to the market.

“My sister went out and said, ‘They hit me, they hit me!’ And I stopped her. That’s why I’m holding the stroller and I wanted to say, ‘Why did you hit my sister?'” Ton said.

The video then shows the two sisters outside, pulling Ton’s hair and pushing her to the ground.

“This has never happened to me before in my life, for the first time,” said Ton.

San Jose police said the suspects fled before officers arrived.

Meanwhile, Ton was back at work on Monday.

“Customers ask me, ‘Are you OK?'” she said. “Yes, I love my customers.”

Many of them have seen the video. Ton’s daughter-in-law Kathleen posted it on social media and so far it has been viewed tens of thousands of times.

“It’s really hard to see your in-laws get hurt. It could have happened to anyone, your loved ones and friends. It could have been worse, but thankfully it didn’t,” Kathleen said.

The owner said she and her sister were both taken to the hospital and are now doing better, but are of course still shaken.

The police are investigating.