Posted on 12/18/2010 5:34:12 AM PST by marktwain
WOODBRIDGE, Va. --
It was a gas station employee’s worst nightmare, being grabbed by two men after closing up shop for the night.
But it turned out the clerk at the Gordon Boulevard Shell station near Occoquan Saturday night was the nightmare for a pair of would-be muggers.
After locking the doors for the night around 11 p.m., the clerk -- who requested his name not be used since his attackers haven't been captured -- turned his car on to warm it up. While he sat in the driver’s seat, he made a phone call.
That’s when two men opened the door and grabbed him, simultaneously zapping him on his left forearm with a stun gun.
“I was wearing a thick coat,” the 29-year-old clerk said Tuesday afternoon, “so I didn’t get the full effect of the stun gun. It was just moments and I had to react and I realized ‘I better defend myself.’”
A concealed weapons permit holder, the clerk quickly turned the tables on the men, pulling out his handgun and firing twice at the muggers.
“I’ve been carrying it for at least four years,” he said of his gun. “I fired two shots while saying ‘Get out of here. Get out of here.’ I took two shots and they took off.
“It’s not been confirmed, but I’m sure I hit one with at least one shot.”
The clerk said he was likely less than a foot away from the men when he discharged his weapon.
Station owner Leon Tynes, who has worked at the location for more than 20 years, said this is the first time an employee has ever been attacked there.
“Other than break-ins or burglaries,” Tynes said, “it was the first of that.”
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I did make it, although not until Sunday afternoon (wasn't feeling too well). For such a small show it seemed to have some good stuff, and the prices weren't horrifying.
I was good though- didn't spend my paycheck there, although I saw a couple of things that are on my long-term list.
Thanks for the tip- it's kind of nice to have a semi-regular(?) show that's so close to home.
They caught the second one. He had a bullet wound to the abdomen:
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