Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Chicago Store Owner Fights Off Armed Richfield Robber With Bat
Shop owner Luis Quizhpe took a baseball to the two men who robbed his specialty store in Chicago. A Richfield man has been charged in the incident.
Chicago store owner Luis Quizhpe didn't go down without a fight during a robbery Apil 9 that left him with a gunshot wound to the leg.
While being held up at gunpoint, Quizhpe grabbed a baseball bat and started swinging at the two men attempting to rob him. And it was all caught on surveillance video.
Despite being shot at multiple times, Quizhpe kept swinging at the suspect with the gun. Only one of the shots landed on the shop owner, hitting him in the upper right leg.
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As previously reported by Patch, Richfield resident Keith Owens, 51, was named as one of the suspects. He appeared in bond court Wednesday afternoon charged with attempted murder and armed robbery. Quizhpe reportedly identified Owens as the shooter in a line up.
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The other suspect, Cornell Mack, was also reportedly shot in the abdomen by Owens; he was arrested at a nearby hospital after the incident.
Watch the video above to see Quizhpe defending his store.
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