Surveillance footage shows Ohio store clerk using gun to scare off would-be burglar

[ShooterInPA1]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/surveilla...uld-be-burglar

An Ohio convenience store clerk scared off a man attempting to rob a Pit Stop on Monday, and the drama was caught on camera.

A masked man wearing all black and carrying a gun attempted to climb through the drive-thru window of a Pit Stop at a Warren convenience store. A clerk saw the man and grabbed a gun he kept in the store, pointing it at the suspect as he approached the window. The strategy worked, and the would-be intruder fled.

he clerk told police he fired into the air as a warning shot.

The masked man got away and is still at large, but police are not pressing charges against the clerk.

“It’s a bit daring to try to climb through a window to rob a business, but fortunately the clerk was armed and was able to protect themselves from any harm that could have come to them,” Warren Police Lt. Bryan Holmes said to WKBN.

[Berncly]

Well done.
Would have been better if he had it holstered on him with a round chambered.
But still, well done.

[Emptymag]

Good idea! If I ever shoot at someone and miss, I'll tell the police it was a "warning shot"!

[Berncly]

Good idea! If I ever shoot at someone and miss, I'll tell the police it was a "warning shot"!

Yeah, I glossed over that part.
The masked guy had a gun in his hand so he could argue he was shooting at an armed intruder.
That's what I would have said if I had fired a shot.

[eatmydust]

Apparently, police officers take many warning shots in most of the videos I've seen.

[Walleye Hunter]

Good idea! If I ever shoot at someone and miss, I'll tell the police it was a "warning shot"!

My understanding is that warning shots are not a good idea and a good way to lose your 2A rights. I would have waited 'til the thug was 1/2 way through the window and plugged him with a head shot.

[bogey1]

He would have been a dead man if he wasn't armed IMO.

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

Stupid ass clerk fireing a shot into the air ? who was the recipient of the errant round ?Some 3 year old sleeping in her crib ? Charges should have been filed I sure would have proceeded with an arrest ! Just a note ,You take out your firearm to protect your life or property when suspect is fleeing you are NOT the Police ! These people who fire negligently into the air should and will be charged !