Oakland police reported that the two suspects approached the news crew just after 3pm and tried to steal a camera.
Mediaite has the video, sorry it’s not embeddable.
After a scuffle, a security officer with the station pulled out a gun and ordered the suspects to leave.
They fled without the camera. No injuries were reported.
This came shortly after the police chief blasted the city council for once again voting to defund the police as he warned about worsening crime amid the cuts.
A spokesman for NBC Bay Area says “our colleagues were conducting an interview at Oakland City Hall when they were approached by two armed individuals. Thankfully our colleagues are safe and unharmed.”