Per police, the supervisor turned the would-be robber’s gun in opposition to him, held him at knifepoint and requested if he most well-liked “jail or dying.”
An Austin, Texas teenager picked the flawed pizza parlor to try to steal from, this in accordance with police … and his bloody reserving picture.
19-year-old Richard Curtis allegedly tried holding up a Marco’s Pizza store round 7pm final Thursday, October 10. The teenager had a gun in his waistband, per an arrest affidavit cited by FOX 7, and reportedly confirmed it to an worker whereas handing them a word studying, “Do not say s–t, empty the drawer.”
However the theft try backfired massive time for Curtis, as the shop’s staff turned the desk on him.
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One of many employees was allegedly in a position to get Curtis right into a chokehold, one other referred to as police, and the supervisor grabbed his gun. Whereas the supervisor reportedly tried taking pictures the teenager together with his personal weapon, per the affidavit, it did not fireplace.
As a substitute, the supervisor knocked him on the pinnacle with the butt of the gun, earlier than grabbing a knife from the kitchen and pulling it on Curtis — asking the teenager if he most well-liked “jail or dying.”
Appears he opted for the previous, as he stopped preventing again and waited for police to reach.
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The reserving picture above reveals the ordeal’s bloody end result, as the teenager seems to have an enormous wound above his eye and bruising to his face.
He is since been charged with aggravated theft, whereas an worker was reportedly handled on the hospital for a head damage.
TooFab has reached out to the Austin Police Division for remark.
