A
pistol held to the head of a store clerk begging for mercy failed to
fire last month when a robber pulled the trigger, the Orange County
Sheriff's Office said today.The clerk was working alone at 2:45
a.m. Dec. 19 when a pair of armed robbers held up a Kangaroo Express
store at 7661 Magnolia Homes Road, a report states.Demanding the clerk open the store's safe, the robbers began pistol
whipping the man when he told them that the manager was the only person
who knew the combination. While one of the robbers held a small
semi-automatic pistol to the clerk's head, the taller of the robbers
counted to three several times before he pulled the trigger, the report
states. "Fortunately, it did not fire," the report states.
The clerk, who suffered a small cut on his head, was treated by Fire Rescue paramedics and declined hospital treatment.
The robbers fled with an undisclosed amount of money from the cash
register as well as 10 packs of Newport cigarettes valued at $75. The
robbers were dressed in black clothing and wrapped their faces in black
cloth or T-shirts to keep from being identified. A surveillance
video showed the men arriving in a four-door sedan and later fleeing
north on Magnolia Homes Road toward Maitland Boulevard.January 03, 2012
By Henry Pierson Curtis, Orlando Sentinel
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