Man Tries To Rob Subway, Armed Employee Has Other Plans

By James England

COBB COUNTY, GEORGIA — A subway employee confronted an armed robber after the armed robber threatened him with a gun. The employee was cleaning the store when Deandre Antonio Yates, 20, entered the store and pointed a gun at him. Using his own gun, the employee shot Yates in the chest. Yates fled the location but was later apprehended by police.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Yates survived surgery and was booked into Cobb County. He will stand trial for aggravated assault and using a firearm in the commission of a crime. Detectives with Cobb County say they are seeking out potential accomplices associated with that crime. If Yates had died, those accomplices would have potentially been charged with Yates’ murder.

A lot of people think it’s ridiculous or unneeded to bring a gun into the workplace. Especially when doing janitorial duties or getting ready to open or close a store or restaurant, there is a lot of vulnerability to armed criminals.

Armed criminals love to hit businesses when they’re just opening or getting ready to close. In both cases, the employees are at a lowered readiness to address an armed robber and they usually have fresh money for the register.

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Source:: Concealed Nation