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Virginia Hero Fights Off Gunman With Meat Cleaver

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A man armed with only a meat cleaver defended his wife and the restaurant where she works from an armed robber in Norfolk, Virginia Sunday evening, according to police.

The 19-year-old suspect walked into Crazy Wings armed with a 9 mm handgun and demanded money from the cashier, according to a search warrant obtained by the Virginia-Pilot. After he got cash from the register, the robber demanded money from a customer.

“While he was putting the customer’s money in his pocket, the cashier tried to wrestle the gun from him,” the Virginia-Pilot reported.

That’s when the cashier’s husband came out of the kitchen brandishing a meat cleaver. He hacked at the robber and landed at least two “deep” cuts in the shoulder, according to the Associated Press. The suspect fled the scene with the cash he stole.(RELATED: Five Times Kids Defended Themselves From Crooks Using Guns)

Brown was found about 15 minutes later when police received a call about a stabbing victim. Brown is now recovering from his wounds in custody, and was charged with robbery and use of a firearm.

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