It was an ordinary day at work for 21-year-old Zara Adil, a clerk at a tobacco store in Lexington, KY. Then, two masked men sidle into the shop and charge behind the counter, holding Adil at gunpoint and demanding that she empty the cash drawer.
Security cameras in the store captured the ordeal, rolling as Adil initially complies with the thieves' demands, and opens the drawer for them. It is at this moment that one of the criminals makes his biggest mistake, setting down his gun as he scrambles for the cash.
Adil seizes her moment, and turns the weapon on her attackers. One of the robbers immediately takes off, leaving his partner to fend for himself. He immediately tackles the clerk in an attempt to regain the weapon, but the young woman is easily the tougher participant in this fight. Since we've seen strong women do everything from pulling out their own tooth to giving birth surrounded by bees, he probably should have anticipated what happens next.
Adil wrestles the much-larger attacker off of her, and then shoots him in the shoulder with his own gun to subdue him. The tables have completely turned. Before long, the robber is begging for his life.
She agrees to let him go if he leaves the cash, and backs off. When he immediately reneges on their deal and grabs the cash drawer, Adil tackles him once again. Eventually, he makes a run for it, but is forced to leave the cash behind with the fierce femme fatale.
Check out this video of the CCTV footage, plus Zara Adil explaining exactly where the robber went wrong.
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