Woman pulls handgun on would-be robber

FORT DODGE, Iowa —A man who tried to take money from a Fort Dodge textbook store didn’t get a single dime Wednesday after an employee pulled a handgun on the would-be thief.

McDonald had just opened the store a few minutes before 9 a.m. when a white man between 50 and 60 years old came into the store and started coughing. He covered his face with a bandana and demanded money.

“We were face to face, and then he, like, put the mace right in my face and said, ‘Give me all the money out of your register,’” McDonald said.

McDonald said she got the gun out of the safe and pointed it at the would-be thief. She said she told him to leave the store and backed away with the gun pointed at him.

McDonald told a person who called during the attempted robbery to call 911. The man took off, and she chased him into the parking lot while yelling, 'Call 911.'

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Still captured picture ... NOT linked to the video!!

"a white man between 50 and 60 years old came into the store and started coughing."

The first thing I thought of was Walter White from Breaking Bad.    

PS:  Nice Springfield XD.

who in the hell robs a discount bookstore?  guy could have done a lot more to her after he took the money...  good thing she had a gun.

Money-wise it doesn't make much sense to rob this store but I'm sure he cased all the nearby businesses and she probably looked the most vulnerable, of course, little did he know she was armed.  He was probably like 

She's kinda cute. Hawaii needs more blonds like her...err I mean the right to carry...

She's kinda cute. Hawaii needs more blonds like her...err I mean the right to carry...

That's the first thing I thought when I saw the video, but I didn't say anything because I was trying to be..... ummm..... professional.  It didn't work, lol.

He was riding a smaller-framed black bike.

I guess when you take your bicycle to a robbery, and you're 50-60 yrs-old, you probably aren't a criminal mastermind.  Picking this particular place to rob just shows, he didn't spend weeks on the planning stage! 

                             

I guess when you take your bicycle to a robbery, and you're 50-60 yrs-old, you probably aren't a criminal mastermind.  Picking this particular place to rob just shows, he didn't spend weeks on the planning stage! 

                             

Yet he still managed to escape!   

Yet he still managed to escape!   

I imagine it's because

1 - he was smart enough to flee when facing an armed "victim", and
2 - she was smart enough to not shoot a fleeing criminal who was no longer any threat

I doubt he'll be able to try again before someone spots him and calls the police.  Although, who knows how many 50-60 yr-old white males riding black bicycles there are in that community!