Liquor Store Clerk in Good Spirits After Thwarting Armed Robbery

By Jenn Jacques

61-year-old liquor store clerk Johnny Adams may not be the fighting type, but when two armed robbers entered the store in Lexington, TN, it was a fight he was armed to win.

Adams says it was a typical Tuesday night until two men came into the store, masked and holding an object which looked like a gun, in an apparent armed robbery.

WBBJ reports:

“He said ‘I’m going to rob you, I’m going to rob you,’” Adams said. “I was sitting on the chair and I was thinking, ‘yeah, right.’”

Adams said he did not put up a fight until one of the suspects punched him square in the nose.

“I can hurt you if you do crazy stuff to me,” Adams said. “I can’t deal with you hitting my mouth.”

That’s when Adams said he reached for the pistol hidden under the register. He fired one shot, narrowly missing the suspect.

“I’m 61, and this is the first time that I’ve ever shot a gun,” Adams said. “No wonder I shot the wall, but I really meant to hit him!”

Adams then chased the men out of the store, firing one more shot and once again missing.

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Source:: Bearing Arms