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Robber Fails In Dollar Tree Holdup

At 10:22 p.m. Thursday, Coeur d’Alene Police responded to a report of a robbery that had just occurred at the Dollar Tree. Officers contacted a female clerk and female manager who stated a male came inside the store and pointed a handgun at the clerk. The suspect demanded money from the cash register. The female manager was summoned to the front of the store by the clerk. The manager saw that the suspect had a handgun and she grabbed a hold of it. The suspect struggled to break free and fled the store on foot last seen running west toward Fruitland Ave. Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department responded with a K-9 unit. The suspect was tracked but eventually the K-9 lost his scent/Sgt. Christie Wood, Coeur d'Alene police spokeswoman. More here.

Question: The female manager deserves credit for great courage in grabbing the would-be robber’s handgun. But she and the clerk could have been seriously hurt. What would you have done?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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