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Around 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 2, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a gas-station clerk heard glass breaking. He initially wasn’t very alarmed, thinking someone might be drunk and have broken something, but then he heard the noise again.
He discovered a white minivan being repeatedly driven into the store front to dislodge the ATM. When the would-be robbers rushed into the store, and thus toward him, the clerk fired several shots. The suspects all fled, with at least three jumping into a brown minivan.
Police arrested a 25-year-old suspect who had fled on foot and discovered he was part of a known criminal gang. He was charged with robbery, vandalism and receiving stolen property (both minivans used in the incident had been stolen in Cleveland).
“I didn't feel like my life was in danger until I saw them rushing the store,” the clerk, who unfortunately lost his job as a result of this incident, told reporters. I wanted to protect myself, coworkers and the store.” (beaconjournal.com; Akron, Ohio; 11/5/26)
From the Armed Citizen® Archives - June 24, 1987
A crime spree ended when a man who had tried to rob two other grocery stores in Milwaukee, Wis., entered Jamal Masoed's grocery and began beating the owner with a piece of concrete. Masoed fell to the floor and grabbed a handgun from under the counter. Firing twice, the owner critically wounded his attacker. (The Sentinel; Milwaukee Wis.)
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