An American badass.
The Yuma County Sheriff’s office in Arizona released surveillance video showing a Marine veteran disarming another man attempting to rob a gas station convenience store on Wednesday morning.
Video shows two men enter the store with one of them pointing a gun.Another man could be seen masked, waiting just outside the door.
The marine grabbed the gun & tackled the armed suspect.
The Yuma Sherriff’s office says (emphasis added)
“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 Corp taught me not to [mess] around.’"
Here’s the press release from the Sheriff’s office:
"On Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at approximately 4:30 AM, Deputies responded to an armed robbery report at the Chevron located at 10747 E. North Frontage Road.
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.
The other two suspects are still currently outstanding.
No injuries reported from any of the victims. This case remains under investigation.
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.”