Mesquite, Texas



From the Mesquite News of May 22, 2004:

Store clerk takes shot at would be robber



According to police, Anthonial Brock Jr., 23, was arrested in connection with an attempted aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon Friday night.



The plan included having a partner remain outside the store in a getaway car to bolt with the loot.



What the plan didn't include was a store clerk packing a gun himself and not afraid to use it.



MPD Public Information Officer Sgt. Shannon Greenhaw said Brock entered the Sadler's Food Mart location in the 1500 block of Hickory Tree Road at about 10:30 p.m.



She said he brandished a handgun and demanded money from the clerk.



"The clerk removed a handgun from under the counter and fired on the suspect -- hitting him in the chest region," she said.



Greenhaw said Brock fled the store and jumped into a 2000 Chrysler driven by Christopher Drews, 22. Together, they sped away from the location -- Brock suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body.



"A Mesquite police officer was patrolling in the area and responded to the call of the shooting over the radio," Greenhaw said. "He witnessed the Chrysler moving away from the scene at a high rate of speed.



"He made a traffic stop and made an arrest on the two subjects -- noticing that one of them had indeed been shot."



Greenhaw said Drews was taken into custody and booked into the city jail.



Brock was remotely booked into jail as he was immediately transported to Baylor Medical Center Dallas for treatment of the injury.



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No charges are being pursued at this time against the store clerk.