BREAKING NEWS – West Covina, California – Police in California released video of a quick-thinking sergeant casually walking into a 7-Eleven and springing into action when he realized that a suspect was trying to rob the store at gunpoint.
The CCTV video, posted on Instagram by the West Covina Police Department, shows a suspect, identified as Ramon Gonzalez, 48, holding up a 7-Eleven.
Gonzalez, dressed in a gray hoodie and with a mask covering his face, walks up to the counter and asks the store worker if he can buy cigarettes, according to the West Covina Police Department.
As the worker begins placing the cigarettes into a black plastic bag, the suspect can be seen in the video lifting his top and then brandishing a firearm before demanding the clerk open the register.
While the clerk loads the bag with cash, West Covina Police Sergeant Abel Hernandez can be seen entering the premises by chance. He notices something is not right, apparently prompting Gonzalez to make a dash for the door with the bag while the clerk raises the alarm, pointing at the fleeing suspect.
Hernandez then chases the thief out through the door and apprehends him.
During his interrogation, Gonzales alleged that not only was he targeted by the police, he said he plans to file a complaint against 7-Eleven because the store worker that filled the bag with cash, did not ask him if he wanted “paper or plastic”.