Decatur, Alabama

From the Decatur Daily of July 23, 2005

Store owner resists armed robber

A store owner defended his establishment from a would-be robber Thursday night, according to police reports.

The owner of Sandlin Food Mart, 2108 Sandlin Road S.W., told police that when a man wielding a handgun tried to rob his business, he grabbed his own gun and chased the man out of the store.

The owner told police he fired his gun three times at the suspect, who fled down an alley.

He reported the suspect as a black male wearing a black-and-gray shirt and black sweat pants.

The owner was still chasing the suspect when officers arrived around 10 p.m., police said.