Elderly man chases, shoot robbers
- 12 years ago
Surveillance video from this Florida internet cafe shows an attempted robbery that went terribly wrong...for the robbers.
Wielding a baseball bat and a gun, the would be robbers attempt to corral customers at a Florida Internet cafe. It is then that one of the patrons, 71-year-man pulls his own gun and fires on the pair.
He chases them through the cafe. A witness describes the scene.
SOUNDBITE: Unidentified witness saying:
"This guy kept poppin. He didn't stop, he just kept poppin', you know? So, I think he shot both of them."
Surveillance video shows the pair tripping and falling as 71-year Samuel Williams continues to fire.
The suspects, both teenagers were wounded and have been taken to a local hospital. They've been charged with attempted robbery with a firearm and felony criminal mischief.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
Wielding a baseball bat and a gun, the would be robbers attempt to corral customers at a Florida Internet cafe. It is then that one of the patrons, 71-year-man pulls his own gun and fires on the pair.
He chases them through the cafe. A witness describes the scene.
SOUNDBITE: Unidentified witness saying:
"This guy kept poppin. He didn't stop, he just kept poppin', you know? So, I think he shot both of them."
Surveillance video shows the pair tripping and falling as 71-year Samuel Williams continues to fire.
The suspects, both teenagers were wounded and have been taken to a local hospital. They've been charged with attempted robbery with a firearm and felony criminal mischief.
Deborah Gembara, Reuters.