Oakland mother says 19-year-old daughter was target of apparent pimps

OAKLAND, Calif. - An Oakland mother says her 19-year-old daughter was the target of apparent pimps who tried to kidnap her. 

Dashcam video from Sunday morning shows a man getting out of a minivan near High Street and International Boulevard in East Oakland.

The mother told KTVU that the gunman tried to open her car door and grab her daughter.

"And he's raising his sweater, his sweatshirt, and he's reaching for a gun," she said. "As he's coming toward my vehicle. I never want to have to hear any parent, anyone, myself included, hear their child scream, 'Mom he's going to shoot me. Mom, help he's going to shoot me.'"

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She continued: "I'm just baffled that this is continuing in Oakland. We know that we're a hub for commercially sexually exploited young people, but I don't feel like we're doing enough."

The mother said she went to pick up her daughter after some men confronted her daughter near an apartment building and made crude remarks.

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