A Jimmy John's employee stabbed a man in the stomach early Monday after chasing after, and getting in a fight with, two men he said stole sandwiches from his store.

Police were called to the Jack in the Box in the 1400 block of West Hickory Street, just north of the University of North Texas, the Denton Record-Chronicle reports.

The sandwich shop worker told them he had gotten back to the store in the 100 block of Avenue A from a delivery just after 1 a.m. and saw a co-worker run out of the store after two men who had taken sandwiches. He chased them down the block and caught up to them at Jack in the Box.

The three got into a fight, and he took out his pocket knife in defense. The worker stabbed one of the men in the arm and stomach before the pair knocked him down and fled in a black Chevrolet SUV.

Alejandro Moctezuma Garibay (Denton County Sheriff's Office)

Police tracked down a man with injuries matching the robber's at Medical City Denton Hospital.

The injured man, 22-year-old Alejandro Moctezuma Garibay, eventually admitted to the crime, the Record-Chronicle reports.

Garibay told police he and a friend walked into the sandwich shop after drinking nearby, saw the sandwiches and grabbed them. He added that the worker had "jumped" the pair.

Garibay was arrested on a robbery charge. He was being held at the Denton County jail Tuesday, with bail set at $10,000.