Surveillance footage from Estates Consignments on Contra Costa Boulevard in Pleasant Hill caught the attempted smash-and-grab robbery by a gang of thugs.
The video shows the group entering the store, one armed with a sledgehammer, and 73-year-old Albert Marcu emerging with his .38-caliber revolver.
A woman present before the group’s arrival is thought to have been a scout for them, as she was seen attempting to keep the security guard from shutting a door and barring their access.
As soon as Marcu pulled out his gun, the thieves fell to the ground and fled from the store.
“I showed them my gun, and I told them to stop it, I have a gun,” said Marcu, who manages the store.
As the would-be thieves rushed out of the store and into two Infiniti Q50 vehicles (one black, one white), they were met with immediate police presence.
The officers had been alerted to their presence by a license plate reader that reported the detection of a stolen vehicle. Despite this swift response, the suspects managed to escape.
Marcu affirmed his readiness to use lethal force if necessary in order to protect himself and the other employees of the store.
“If they threaten my life or the life of my employees, I’ll use the gun, hundred percent,” he said.
He said that other stores have been hit in the area, and he wanted to make an example of the thugs.
“I didn’t want to shoot anybody, but I have to make a statement. Too many bad things have happened. Stores get robbed left and right,” he added. “I have a message for all business owners, to take example and fight for themselves, because if you don’t fight for yourself, nobody will.”
Pleasant Hill is a suburb of Oakland with an estimated population of 34,000 individuals.
Here’s the video of the incident:
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Elderly or not, he still knows how to “kick-ass”. And I’m thinking I’d do the same!
God Bless the Store Owner and the Second Amendment.
Looks like the usual suspects.
Look like the typical group of little pencil neck spear chuckers to me.
As things like smash and grab continue on we will probably see good citizens like Charles Bronson types of individuals that simply will no longer take it any longer then we could see a halt to such grievances. Watch and Pray.
I love watching /Viggers die.
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Some of these idiots need to use some common sense before doing smash and grab robberies. They will never know what they may meet up with when they try that.
I love to watch /Viggers getting shot and killed.