LAREDO (UPI) -- Police in Texas said employees at a liquor store used a 7-inch stiletto heel and other handy objects to fight back against an armed robbery, Laredo police said the suspect, identified as Fernando Gallegos, 20, pistol-whipped a worker at the Papi Chulos liquor store about 1 a.m. Sunday and demanded money, the San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday.
Police spokesman Joe Baeza said the employee fought back when Gallegos attempted to force the register open and the gun went off during the struggle, striking the suspect in his inner right thigh. Other employees then joined the fight.
“One of the female employees was successful in [taking] the handgun from the grip of the suspect,” Baeza said. “[Employees] used personal weapons, including a 7-inch stiletto heel, to pummel the suspect until they were able to subdue him and take away the weapon.”
Baeza said the man fled in a white pickup truck, which was later pulled over with the suspect and two alleged accomplices inside.
Gallegos, 20, was charged with aggravated robbery and engaging in organized criminal activity. He was taken to the Webb County Jail.
Humberto Hilario Gomez, 22, and Nadia Lopez, 35, who allegedly waited for Gallegos in the truck during the incident, were also charged with aggravated robbery and engaging in organized criminal activity.
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강도 잡은 17cm 하이힐의 위력
텍사스의 주류판매점 직원이 17cm 하이힐과 다른 도구들을 이용하여 총으로 무장한 강도를 잡았다.
현지 경찰에 따르면 용의자인 페르난도 칼레고스(20)는 일요일 새벽 1시쯤 주류 가게에서 총을 휘두르며 돈을 요구했다.
당시 상점 직원은 재치를 발휘하여 용의자가 현금상자를 열려고 하는 순간 하이힐로 용의자의 안쪽 허벅지를 가격한 후 다른 동료들이 도와줄 때까지 가격을 계속했다.
용의자는 트럭을 타고 도주했지만 경찰에 잡히고 말았다.
공모자 움베르토 고메즈(22)와 나디아 로페즈(35)도 절도와 조직 범죄 혐의를 받고 있다.
(코리아헤럴드)
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