A grandfather and business owner from Rancho Cordova, Calif., said he shot the robber early on the morning of Nov. 24 to protect his grandchildren, who were sleeping in the back of his store at the time.
“He was trying to attack me because the baby was with him,” a 70-year-old businessman named Robert told Fox News Digital. Robert has chosen not to reveal his last name for privacy reasons.
The Sacramento Sheriff's Office confirmed the shooting on November 25th, saying that at 1:15 a.m. on Sunday, November 24th, a 911 call was received from a business owner on Folsom Boulevard reporting that someone had broken into the store and fired shots. He announced that he had received it. . ”
Officers from the Rancho Cordova Police Department and the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the scene and began lifesaving efforts on the suspect. Authorities then transported the suspect to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
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A California business owner said he shot and killed a robber who broke into his store in the middle of the night to save the lives of his grandchildren. (Google Maps)
Robert said he and his two grandchildren, ages 4 and 14, were asleep in the back room when the robbers allegedly broke in through the front window of the store.
Robert said the robbers walked through the store, past shelves stocked with items such as expensive leather jackets, and headed into a back room where Robert and his grandchildren were sleeping.
Robert's 14-year-old grandson was awake at the time and heard the noise, so he “jumped” on Robert to wake him up and tell him there was someone in the store. Robert went to retrieve the gun (his father gave him in 1958 and it's registered in Robert's name) and within seconds the robbers had opened the door to the back room where Robert and his grandchildren were. It is said that he tried to kick the
Robert said the door made a loud bang, and when it opened, the suspect shined a flashlight in his direction.
“It had only been about five minutes since I woke up, and I was three feet from the door and five feet from him,” Robert said. “I thought I had been shot.”
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Robert also said that when the robber entered the back room, he was brandishing a butane torch and pointing it at him. Robert initially thought the torch was a gun and fired at the suspect.
“He lunged at me. He didn't run away,” Robert said. “He was going to come into the building and kill me.”
After sustaining the gunshot wound, the robber left Robert's store and left, at which point Robert called 911 and authorities arrived.
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“It's disgusting. It's a shame that he died.”
Robert said he was robbed at gunpoint three times. Robbers usually target leather jackets, but Robert said he believes in this case the robbers were trying to kill him and take his money.
The sheriff's office said detectives and crime scene investigators “responded to the scene, began an investigation, interviewed witnesses, and began collecting evidence.”
The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office responded to a shooting on November 24th. (Sacramento County Sheriff's Office)
“Based on their research, [d]The Sheriff's Office learned that the subject entered the business through the front and then attempted to enter the rear living area where the business owner and two minor grandchildren lived. “The business owner shot the subject and the subject retreated.” It flew out the front and collapsed in a nearby parking lot. ”
Authorities have not made any arrests in connection with the incident, and the investigation is ongoing “pending autopsy, forensics and other matters completed,” the sheriff's office said.
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Robert shed tears as he recalled that moment.
“I don't have time to think,” he said. “If he was eight feet away from me, he would have said, 'I have a gun.'”
But in that moment, Robert remembered that all he could think about was that if he didn't act, “the babies next to me were going to die.”
Robert said he couldn't sleep in the days after the shooting, fearing retaliation, but was grateful his grandchildren were still alive.
