According to WREG, the suspected robbery attempted a fifth robbery at a game store, but disgusted employees reportedly resisted.
Memphis Game Exchange employee James Jackson elaborated on the incident.
“He came to the cash register. I tried to help,” he said. WREG.
“I’m from the streets myself and I know what’s going on. I wouldn’t point a gun at someone like that or use it. It just means you’re toying with my life,” he revealed. A disgusted Jackson said, according to the media.
WREG reported that CCTV footage showed the alleged robber trying to lock himself in the store before pulling out a gun and demanding money. (Related: Suspected gas station robbery clerk shoots man who jumped off counter)
According to WREG, police said the suspect escaped with at least $5,000 in cash and goods in the first three robberies, but this time they were unsuccessful.
The game store was also reportedly the target of another robbery. Surveillance footage showed a truck ramming the storefront and a suspected robber running out to steal the merchandise, according to WREG.
“I just hope the police do their job and get him off the streets,” Jackson said, according to the newspaper.
Memphis police are searching for the suspect for the fifth time, asking anyone with relevant information to come forward and confirming that the suspect has returned to the store five times, the newspaper said. series of releases by police on social media.