. >> reporter: tony byrd is staying, she lives with a front gate that is locked in securit cameras. > you set off the air hor your neighbor would hear it an sat there is off. more people would be alert. >> reporter: her neighbor acros the street was shot to death in june trimming his tree during the day. he died as burden other neighbors tried to save him. >> i am looking for a place where the elderly and women an children are not targeted. i feel like it will change. that is why i am staying. >> reporter: staying open gets tougher every day for troy welch. his story was robbed hours before we met him. >> you can see they tried to take a sledgehammer to it and tried to lift it. >> reporter: welch says he loses 10% of his merchandise to theft and he leaves his registers empty and open tired of replacing them. >> it is more brazen and violen than it used to be. >> reporter: frustration has spilled over at community meetings. darren white is with the naacp oakland branch blaming failed leadership. the defined the police movement and anti-police rhetoric creating a heyday for oakland crim

. >> reporter: but toni byrd is staying, and she lives with a locked front gate and cameras, and theyal doors and air horns. >> the idea is if you set it off, the neighbor would hear it and set theirs off, and people would be alerted that there is danger. >> reporter: her 60-year-old neighbor was shot to death trimming the front tree during the day and he died as byrd and other neighbors tried to save him. >> i am not looking for the perfect safe place. i am looking for a place where the elderly women and children are not targeted. i think that we can all agree that needs to change, and so i feel like it is going to change and that is why i am staying. >> reporter: but staying open gets tougher everyday for troy welch gets tougher everyday for his hardware store. >> reporter: his store was robbed hours before we met him. >> they went through my cash registers and through my office and tried to take a sledgehammer to it, and tried to lift it, but they are not getting through that safe. >> reporter: he says he loses 10% of the merchandise, and he leaves the cash registers empty and open

. >> reporter: but tony byrd is staying.he lives with a locked front gate and five security cameras. byrd says oakland police recommended steel braces for residential doors and air horns. >> the idea is if you set it off, your neighbor would hear it, set theirs off and more people are alert that there is danger. >> reporter: and her neighbor across the street was shot to death in june trimming his front tree during the day. he died as byrd and other neighbors tried to save him. >> i'm not looking for the perfect safe place. i'm looking for a place where the elderly women with children aren't targeted. i think that we can all agree that needs to change so i feel like it will change and that is why i'm staying. >> reporter: but staying gets tougher every day for the owner of ace hardware. >> there is about six of them that comes in. >> reporter: and his store was robbed just hours before we met him. >> went through the cash registers. and you see they tried to take a sledgehammer to it, tried to lift it. and they will figure o

. >> reporter: but tony byrd is staying. police recommended steel braces for residential doors and air horns. >> the idea is if you set it off, your neighbor would hear it, set theirs off, and more people are alert that there's danger. >> reporter: her neighbor across the street, retiree schneider was shot during the day. he died as byrd and other neighbors tried to save him. >> i'm not looking for the perfect, safe place. i'm looking for a place where the elderly women with children aren't targeted. i think we can all agree that that needs to change. so, i feel like it will change. and that's why i'm staying. >> find everything you're looking for okay? >> reporter: but staying open gets tougher every day for troy welch, owner of this ace hardware. >> there's about six of them that comes in. >> reporter: welch's store was robbed just hours before we met him. >> they went through our cash registers. this is my office. they tried to take a sledge hammer to it, tried to lift it. they aren't getting into that safe. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: but tony byrd is staying. gate and five security cameras. he says oakland police recommended steel braces for residential doors and -- air horns. >> the idea is if you set it off the neighbor would hear it and set theirs off and more people are alert there's danger. >> reporter: her neighbor across the street, 60-year-old retiree dave snyder was shot to death in june trimming his front tree during the day. he died as she and other neighbors tried to save him. >> i'm not looking for the perfect safe place. i'm looking for a place where the elderly and women with children aren't targeted. i think we can all agree that that needs to change. and so i feel like it will change. and that's why i'm staying. >> found everything you are looking for? >> reporter: but staying open gets tougher every day for troy welch owner of laurel ace hardware. >> about six of them that comes in. >> reporter: welch's store was robbed just hours before we met him. >> they went through the cash registers and this is my office but you see

. >> but tony byrd is staying. she lives with a locked front gate, and five security cameras.ces for residential doors, and air horns. >> the idea is if you set it off, your neighbor would hear it, said there's off, and more people are alert that there's danger. >> her neighbor across the street, 60-year-old retiree, gabe schneider, was shot to death in june, trimming his front tree during the day. he died as bird and other neighbors tried to save him. >> i'm not looking for the perfect safe place. i'm looking for a place where the elderly women with children aren't targeted. i think we can all agree that that needs to change. and so i feel like it will change. that's why i'm staying. >> did you find everything you're looking for okay? >> but staying open gets tougher every day for troy welch, owner of laurel ace hardware. >> there's about six of them that comes in. >> well to store was robbed just hours before we met him. >> they went to our cash registers, this was at my office. you see they went in, they tried to take a sledgehammer to it. tried to lift it. and he's gonna f