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Gun Shop Owner Shoots Armed Robber Dead

Gun Shop Owner Shoots Armed Robber Dead

The other robber fled.

Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan

Robbing a gun store doesn't sound like such a brilliant idea, and two men found that out the hard way.

Wearing ski masks and armed with guns, the pair of robbers entered Dixie Gun and Pawn in Mableton, Georgia, where store owner Jimmy Groover opened fire on them.

Credit: LiveLeak

The two men pointed their guns at an employee in the shop, when 64-year-old Groover reached for his firearm and fatally shot one, as the other fled.

CCTV captured the encounter at 11am on December 26, with the owner later defending his actions, saying he had no other choice.

Credit: LiveLeak

"Get down on the floor, get down on the floor or I'll kill you," one of the criminals can be heard saying, before the grandfather brandishes his gun without hesitation.

"I hate that it happened," he told 13WMAZ. "I've been doing this for 30 years. Nothing like this has ever happened. I never wanted this to happen but I want to go home at night, too."

He received no charges for the two shots he landed, and it is not yet clear whether police caught the fleeing robber.

Featured Image Credit: LiveLeak

Topics: Shot