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Video: Armed Pharmacist Shoots at Robbers, Hailed Hero … Then Fired
A Walgreens pharmacist was fired by the company after fending off two armed robbers with a gun.
In Benton Township, Michigan, two armed robbers wearing masks burst into a near-deserted Walgreens at 4:30 a.m. To pharmacist Jeremy Hoven, it was a prescription for trouble. So he filled it with hot lead.
A video, newly released by Hoven's attorneys, shows how events unfolded.
Drawing his own gun, Hoven fired at the attackers and drove them off, saving not just himself but two Walgreens co-workers as well as the pharmacy's valuable prescription drugs.
By way of saying thanks, Walgreens fired him.
Hoven, in an interview with the Benton Township Herald-Palladium, said he had acted out of fear. “The adrenaline was taking over,” he said. “You could have probably taken my pulse from my breath, because my heart was beating that much.” Only 42 seconds elapsed, start to finish. All the action was captured on surveillance video.
Before firing, Hoven first tried dialing 911. But before he could complete the call, the first of the two robbers had vaulted over a counter and was standing five feet away from him. That's when the pharmacist went for his own gun and opened fire. Read more
Source: abcnews.go.com
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