Store Clerk Fights Off, Shoots Robber in Kentucky
Lexington, Ky. (WTVQ) — A Lexington clerk fought back during an attempted robbery Friday night at a tobacco shop on North Broadway.
Zara Adil was working the cash register at Discount Tobacco Zone when two men walked inside. One of the men had a gun and demanded cash. While Adil opened the drawer, she noticed the man put the gun down.
“I picked up the gun and pointed it at the second guy and said you run or I will shoot you,” says Adil.
The man ran off, leaving the other man and Adil alone inside. He attacked her and while the two were fighting, Adil shot the man in the shoulder.
“I asked him why he was doing this, and he just said let me go, let me go,” says Adil.
The 21-year-old told the man she would let him go if he promised to leave the money alone. However, he didn’t, and Adil attacked him. The man eventually left, without the money.
Adil says she was standing up for what’s right, and more people should.
“If more people stand up, they won’t have that much courage to go around and do what they’re doing,” says Adil.
Kudos to Zara Adil, for not only her actions but her words. She showed a tremendous amount of courage in taking the gun from the armed robbers, and even more courage when she tussled with the robber and shot him. Pulling a trigger on another human is not an easy thing to do – even if you are trained for it.
What she said after the incident is something that we would love to see more Americans subscribe too. “If more people stand up, they (the robbers) won’t have that much courage to go around and do what they’re doing,” says Adil. She is completely correct. If more Americans were prepared to defend themselves it would make it far more difficult for bad guys to intimidate victims.
Hopefully, this incident will compel Zara Adil and her family to carry a gun while working at the store. Had she been armed initially she may have been able to fend off these two thieves without much sooner and with less violence.
