From Florida Today of August 7, 2009
Palm Bay homeowner fights off two would-be robbers
Police continue their search for two armed men who they say pretended to have car trouble before being rebuffed by a resident in an apparent robbery attempt.
The botched hold-up happened late Tuesday night along the 500 block of Windswept Avenue. Police said the two men pulled up to the home and told the resident that they were having car trouble, said Yvonne Martinez, spokeswoman for the Palm Bay Police Department.
“They told him their car overheated. He went inside to get a bucket of water and that’s when they pulled a gun on him,” Martinez said.
The resident dropped the bucket then grabbed for the gun, struggling with the men in the front yard for several moments, officials said. Police said the resident overwhelmed the two men, tossed the weapon back at them and ran inside to get his own shotgun.
The two men ran back to their car and drove off in an unknown direction, police said.
“Nothing was stolen,” Martinez said.
It was not immediately known if the two armed men targeted the resident or acted randomly.
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call police at 952-3456.
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