Angry mob attack news crew reporting on shooting of Sacramento man

A TV news joualist and a camerawoman came under attack from a large group of mouers as they attempted to film a report on the death of a 27-year-old man.

Chester Jackson was shot in the car park of an IHOP restaurant in Natoma, Califoia on Sunday moing and his friends and family later set up an impromptu memorial near the crime scene.

But as Fox 40 newsman John Lobertini and his colleague Rebecca Little attempted to interview some of the bereaved yesterday afteoon, the news crew were subjected to a violent attack.

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Mr Lobertini said he had been punched in the face by one of the group while Ms Little sustained an  injury to her cheek.

The group had been mouing the death of Chester Jackson, who was shot after a fight erupted in the IHOP restaurant and spilled out into the car park.

Police are looking for two men in their 20s and remained at the side of the Fox 40 news crew to allow them to file their report on the killing and the subsequent violence.