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Employee fired for resisting robbery
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) ? A gas station employee is out of a job Thursday for refusing to hand over cash during an attempted robbery Wednesday morning.
The incident happened just after 5 a.m. at the Circle K gas station, at Ferry Street and Earl Avenue, in Lafayette.
Mike Mowery worked at Circle K for almost four years.
"Working in that line of work, you see that and it just gets a little bit old," Mowery said. "People come in with guns and knives."
That's what happened while Mowery was working behind the counter early Wednesday morning.
"Give me your money! And he hit me in the chest a couple times, and shook the knife about two feet from my face," Mowery explained. "And that's when it became personal for me."
This isn't the first time this Lafayette gas station has been robbed. Mowery says this time he felt like he needed to fight back.
"My life was on the line, and I wasn't about to give it away," he said.
Mowery said the man pushed him and so he pushed back, fearing for his life. The two fought outside and that's when Mowery called police. The next day, he said he got the news about his job.
"I took my daughter to school and stopped by the store," he said. "And the manager informed me they had orders from the corporate office that I be fired for not giving him what he wanted."
Deborah Nelson, a frequent customer of the gas station, said she feels for Mowery.
"I think they should applaud him," Nelson said. "The man could have lost his life, so why fire him for doing his job and doing it correctly?
But Nelson says she thinks he could have handled the situation a little better.
"I would have gave them what they wanted," she said.
He says he's not mad at the company for firing him, but will miss his job.
"I felt like I had been stabbed in the back for defending my life," Mowery said.
Lafayette police tell News 18 a K-9 was used to track the man after the robbery, but police did not find him.
News 18 reached out to the Circle K corporate office to get a comment on the robbery and the firing of Mowery, but we have not heard back.
The incident happened just after 5 a.m. at the Circle K gas station, at Ferry Street and Earl Avenue, in Lafayette.
Mike Mowery worked at Circle K for almost four years.
"Working in that line of work, you see that and it just gets a little bit old," Mowery said. "People come in with guns and knives."
That's what happened while Mowery was working behind the counter early Wednesday morning.
"Give me your money! And he hit me in the chest a couple times, and shook the knife about two feet from my face," Mowery explained. "And that's when it became personal for me."
This isn't the first time this Lafayette gas station has been robbed. Mowery says this time he felt like he needed to fight back.
"My life was on the line, and I wasn't about to give it away," he said.
Mowery said the man pushed him and so he pushed back, fearing for his life. The two fought outside and that's when Mowery called police. The next day, he said he got the news about his job.
"I took my daughter to school and stopped by the store," he said. "And the manager informed me they had orders from the corporate office that I be fired for not giving him what he wanted."
Deborah Nelson, a frequent customer of the gas station, said she feels for Mowery.
"I think they should applaud him," Nelson said. "The man could have lost his life, so why fire him for doing his job and doing it correctly?
But Nelson says she thinks he could have handled the situation a little better.
"I would have gave them what they wanted," she said.
He says he's not mad at the company for firing him, but will miss his job.
"I felt like I had been stabbed in the back for defending my life," Mowery said.
Lafayette police tell News 18 a K-9 was used to track the man after the robbery, but police did not find him.
News 18 reached out to the Circle K corporate office to get a comment on the robbery and the firing of Mowery, but we have not heard back.
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