AM hosts shocked as bystanders confront hammer-wielding robbers after daylight robbery of jewellery store in Ellerslie, Auckland

Footage showing the aftermath of a jewellery store smash and grab in which bystanders confront the group of thieves has left AM's hosts shocked. The robbery occurred at Ellerslie Jewellers & Engravers in Ellerslie, Auckland, just after 4:30pm on Monday. Video obtained by Stuff shows a group of masked thieves carrying hammers and sprinting out of the store to their getaway vehicle. Two women chase the robbers across the road to try to stop them, with one of the women threatened with a hammer. As the thieves speed off in their vehicle, one of the women is knocked to the ground but was uninjured.