(Florida Today, Florida, 11/24/2009)

Thursday, December 3, 2009

A robber armed with a handgun entered a Chevron gas station in Cocoa, Fla. and demanded money from Sowann Suy, the store manager. Suy retrieved a gun from behind the counter and fired at the criminal, striking him in the abdomen and causing him to flee. The robber did not make it far, collapsing in the parking lot of the gas station. The criminal was then taken by helicopter to a local hospital and is expected to survive. Cocoa Police Officer Barbara Matthews was supportive of Suy’s actions, stating, “He absolutely had the right to defend himself.”

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