Your video of the day courtesy of the Yuma County, AZ Sheriff’s Department.
This is what happens when an unarmed Marine Corps veteran meets an armed thug attempting to rob a gas station:
Officials in Arizona say a Marine Corps veteran quickly jumped into action and disarmed a suspect trying to rob a gas station.
STORY: https://t.co/J5OIKtZnPX
(Video: @YumaSheriff) pic.twitter.com/eapNDSiRas— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) October 21, 2021
Our hero in the video then held the suspect until cops got there. From the Yuma County Sheriff:
Upon arrival, Deputies learned of three suspects entering the Chevron, one of them armed with a handgun. The armed suspect walked next to a store customer while pointing the weapon toward the cashier when the customer acted immediately and disarmed him. The other two suspects fled the area when they witnessed their fellow criminal stopped. The customer was able to detain the suspect he disarmed until law enforcement arrived.
The suspect detained during the incident was a juvenile and was booked into the Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center for one count of armed robbery and one count of aggravated assault.
When Deputies contacted the customer, who previously served in the United States Marine Corps, and asked how he was able to take control of the situation, he stated, “The Marine Corps taught me not to [mess] around.”
The other two suspects from the video are still currently outstanding:
At 4:30 AM YCSO Deputies responded to a call of an armed robbery at the Chevron located in 10700 block of S. Fortuna Road. The business is blocked off. Investigators are on scene. Please avoid the area. More details to be released at a later time.
— Yuma Sheriff's Office – AZ (@YumaSheriff) October 20, 2021
And, thankfully, nobody was hurt:
Update 9:45 AM : business has reopened and the area has been cleared. The investigation is ongoing. No victims were injured. https://t.co/dwxqMLrLXD
— Yuma Sheriff's Office – AZ (@YumaSheriff) October 20, 2021
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