Quick-Thinking Cashier Turns Tables on Knife-Wielding Man by Wrestling Weapon from His Hand and Chasing Him
A clerk at a small Los Angeles-area market was able to turn the tables on an attacker and chase him from the store with a knife he first used to threaten her. The incident took place at about 2 p.m. last Thursday in…
A clerk at a small Los Angeles-area market was able to turn the tables on an attacker and chase him from the store with a knife he first used to threaten her.
The incident took place at about 2 p.m. last Thursday in Amaya’s Mini Market in the Westlake District, according to KNBC-TV.
Store owner Rene Amaya said the man shown in surveillance Video struggling with a store clerk made two trips into the store, according to KABC-TV.
During his first trip, a customer was at the register making a large wire transfer, he said.
The suspect then left the store, but soon returned, he said.
Surveillance footage showed the suspect making a purchase.
He asked the cashier to get something from the wall behind the counter, and when she had her back turned, moved in on her.
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