Drive-Thru Robber Picks WRONG Target, Gun Sails Out of His Hands

By John Falkenberg

MONROE, NC — An armed robber got the drop on a cookout customer in Monroe, North Carolina late one night earlier this month.

Unfortunately for the would-be robber and his accomplice, the robber picked a veteran of both the Army and law enforcement.

The poor thug just about lost his life to his own gun.

As WSOCTV.com reports:

Hughes told Channel 9 he was in the drive-thru around 1 a.m. Tuesday when a man stuck a gun through his window and demanded money.

“My first thought was to take the gun away from him,” Hughes said.

Training from 24 years spent in law enforcement and eight years in the Army kicked in. Hughes wrestled the robber for the gun and even thought he may have to shoot the suspect with his own gun… Once Hughes had the gun, the suspect ran off. Hughes followed the suspect’s vehicle so he could get a description of it and the tag number for police. He said he was on the phone with 911 dispatchers when the suspect leaned out the car window and fired two shots at him.

“Apparently they had a pistol in the vehicle,” Hughes said. “I’m not aware of what it actually hit, …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation