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Mo. Man Tries to Stick Up Clerk Who Also Happens to Be a Four-Deployment Iraq War Vet ? Guess Who It Doesn?t End Well For | Video | TheBlaze.com
Bad idea: holding up a store clerk who happens to be proficient in firearms. Missouri store clerk and veteran Jon Alexander thwarts armed robbery with gun of his own
Worse idea: holding up a store clerk who is not only proficient in firearms, but who also happens to be an Iraq war veteran and a former prison guard and private investigator.
Jon Lewis Alexander, 54, is no ordinary store clerk. He has worked several âhigh riskâ jobs and served four tours of duty in Iraq during his 30 years in the U.S. military.
And his training shows.
Video surveillance from Saturday night captures the moment a would-be thief entered the Marionville, Mo., store where Alexander works. The thief hesitates for a moment and pulls a gun â but not fast enough to dissuade Alexander from pulling his own Walther PPX 9 mm handgun and sticking it in the hapless thiefâs mouth.
No one was hurt and no shots were fired.
âOne of the policemen told me later, âYouâre a lucky man,ââ Alexander told News-Leader.com Monday. âI said, âI think he (the robber) is a little luckier than I am.â â
The following surveillance footage comes by way of the storeâs owners, Max and Jeannine Dawson:
I tried to copy the embed, but it won't show or link to it. If you go to the webpage, it will play there.
Alexander said the man walked in smoking a cigarette, which he was promptly told to put out. The thief then reached for his gun and demanded âall the (expletive deleted) money,â News-Leader.com reports.
The veteran reacted quickly, throwing down the thiefâs arm. Alexander tehn drew his own weapon and, according to the report, threatened to âblow his (expletive deleted) head off.â
Pistol at his side, the thief backed away slowly and then bolted from the store. The store clerk remembers being amused by the fact that he âdidnât even bother holstering his weapon.â
Dawson fully supports Alexanderâs handling of the situation, saying âI think itâs a great thing.â
Meanwhile, the store clerk explains that he never fired a shot because the thiefâs weapon was never pointed directly at him.
âIf I had seen the actual barrel of the gun, I would have pulled the trigger,â he said. âMy life wasnât threatened.â
He adds that he didnât immediately tell his wife, Pam, about the incident because he didnât want to upset her. However, she eventually saw a copy of the surveillance footage.
âIt took her a while to calm down,â he said. âBut I got all kinds of lovinâ when she came home.â
Jon Alexander wasnât about to let the store he was working on get robbed on his watch.
The storeâs owners have since turned the video over to the police. Law enforcement officials have not yet caught the suspect but they hope for a quick arrest.
Bad idea: holding up a store clerk who happens to be proficient in firearms. Missouri store clerk and veteran Jon Alexander thwarts armed robbery with gun of his own
Worse idea: holding up a store clerk who is not only proficient in firearms, but who also happens to be an Iraq war veteran and a former prison guard and private investigator.
Jon Lewis Alexander, 54, is no ordinary store clerk. He has worked several âhigh riskâ jobs and served four tours of duty in Iraq during his 30 years in the U.S. military.
And his training shows.
Video surveillance from Saturday night captures the moment a would-be thief entered the Marionville, Mo., store where Alexander works. The thief hesitates for a moment and pulls a gun â but not fast enough to dissuade Alexander from pulling his own Walther PPX 9 mm handgun and sticking it in the hapless thiefâs mouth.
No one was hurt and no shots were fired.
âOne of the policemen told me later, âYouâre a lucky man,ââ Alexander told News-Leader.com Monday. âI said, âI think he (the robber) is a little luckier than I am.â â
The following surveillance footage comes by way of the storeâs owners, Max and Jeannine Dawson:
I tried to copy the embed, but it won't show or link to it. If you go to the webpage, it will play there.
Alexander said the man walked in smoking a cigarette, which he was promptly told to put out. The thief then reached for his gun and demanded âall the (expletive deleted) money,â News-Leader.com reports.
The veteran reacted quickly, throwing down the thiefâs arm. Alexander tehn drew his own weapon and, according to the report, threatened to âblow his (expletive deleted) head off.â
Pistol at his side, the thief backed away slowly and then bolted from the store. The store clerk remembers being amused by the fact that he âdidnât even bother holstering his weapon.â
Dawson fully supports Alexanderâs handling of the situation, saying âI think itâs a great thing.â
Meanwhile, the store clerk explains that he never fired a shot because the thiefâs weapon was never pointed directly at him.
âIf I had seen the actual barrel of the gun, I would have pulled the trigger,â he said. âMy life wasnât threatened.â
He adds that he didnât immediately tell his wife, Pam, about the incident because he didnât want to upset her. However, she eventually saw a copy of the surveillance footage.
âIt took her a while to calm down,â he said. âBut I got all kinds of lovinâ when she came home.â
Jon Alexander wasnât about to let the store he was working on get robbed on his watch.
The storeâs owners have since turned the video over to the police. Law enforcement officials have not yet caught the suspect but they hope for a quick arrest.
