LAMONT, CA (KTRK) -- Two suspects who tried to rob a California market Wednesday were surprised to find the owner was armed.
Surveillance footage shows the men entering the store -- one of them pointing a gun towards the owner. The owner then drew his own gun and fired in the air at the suspects, who then fled.
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No one was injured.
Elias Aguilar, of Azteca Market, said, "We got robbed before, but the first time they came they didn't give me a chance, plus I don't have no gun with me on that time. But this time, I mean, since that happened before, I was prepared."
Aguilar tells local station KERO he wasn't happy about having to use the gun, but he was glad to be prepared.