Owner pulls gun on would-be robber - then gives him cash

BY JOHN VALENTI | john.valenti@newsday.com
12:23 PM EDT, June 2, 2009

When a bat-wielding man walked into a Shirley convenience store and demanded cash, store owner Mohammad Sohail pulled out a rifle in self-defense.

And when the would-be robber dropped to his knees and begged forgiveness, saying desperate economic times had pushed him to the edge, Sohail did the unthinkable:

He put down the rifle - and handed the desperate man $40 and a loaf of bread.

Most of the incident, which Suffolk County Police said was reported in a 911 call at 12:35 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, was captured on a surveillance camera at the Shirley Express.

When a bat-wielding man walked into a Shirley convenience store and demanded cash, store owner Mohammad Sohail pulled out a rifle in self-defense.

And when the would-be robber dropped to his knees and begged forgiveness, saying desperate economic times had pushed him to the edge, Sohail did the unthinkable:

He put down the rifle - and handed the desperate man $40 and a loaf of bread.

Most of the incident, which Suffolk County Police said was reported in a 911 call at 12:35 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, was captured on a surveillance camera at the Shirley Express.


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