Reported By www.wtvq.com on 2015-03-02
“A clerk fought back during an attempted robbery Friday night at a tobacco shop…. Zara Adil was working the cash register at Discount Tobacco Zone when two men walked inside. One of the men had a gun and demanded cash. While Adil opened the drawer, she noticed the man put the gun down. ‘I picked up the gun and pointed it at the second guy and said you run or I will shoot you,’ says Adil. The man ran off, leaving the other man and Adil alone inside. He attacked her and while the two were fighting, Adil shot the man in the shoulder. [She] told the man she would let him go if he promised to leave the money alone. However, he didn’t, and Adil attacked him. The man eventually left, without the money. Adil says she was standing up for what’s right, and more people should….”