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An 80-year-old convenience store owner pulled a shotgun out from behind the counter and opened fire on an armed intruder during an attempted robbery in Riverside, California.
Dramatic surveillance video footage from inside Norco Market and Liquor shows of one of the masked men shouting commands as he entered the store with a rifle raised in the direction of the store owner. Within seconds, the quick-acting owner replied by firing a round from behind the counter, turning what began as a hold-up into a chaotic getaway.
“They came in telling him, ‘Freeze,’ and something about, ‘This is a robbery,'” said Marnie Tapia, a store employee. “I’m sure [the owner] thought, ‘No, it ain’t,’ because he just opened fire.”
One rifle blast can be heard from behind the counter. The would-be robber immediately ran from the store.
The thug was hit apparently
