In what might have been a devastating theft, a 73-year-old consignment retailer employee saved the day by scaring off would-be robbers with a firearm.
Albert Marcu, who works at Estates Consignments in Nice Hill, California, was working final Monday when a girl walked into the shop and began in search of safety cameras whereas on the telephone.
Surveillance video exhibits a bunch of males, who have been related to the girl, breaking via the door after her, certainly one of them carrying a hammer.
The tried robbers ran to the jewellery division the place they have been met by Marcu who was holding a revolver, inflicting them to expire of the shop and depart within the automobiles that have been ready for them.
“I did not need to shoot anybody, however I’ve to make a press release. Too many dangerous issues have occurred. Shops are being robbed left and proper,” Marcu informed native outlet KTVU. “I’ve a message for all enterprise house owners, to take an instance and struggle for your self, as a result of if you happen to do not struggle, nobody will.”
The police arrived on the scene, however not earlier than the thieves fled the scene.
Marcu stated current incidents within the Bay Space have made him very cautious of potential robberies, noting one other jewellery theft at a consignment retailer in Danville, California, only a week earlier.
Many applauded Marcu’s bravery and resolution to attract a firearm within the face of potential hazard.
“The previous man stood his floor, nothing however respect,” one viewer wrote.
“A lot respect to this store proprietor,” stated one other.
The suspects haven’t but been publicly recognized.