(CNN) Two off-duty police officers who stopped a robbery at a chicken restaurant in Kentucky said it would be a mistake to call their actions heroic.

"When you're in the moment, you know, it's more of training kicks in," Nicole McKeown told Randi Kaye on Anderson Cooper Full Circle. "I don't think really either one of us gave a thought as to our immediate safety."

McKeown and her husband, Chase, were having a normal date night at Raising Cane's in Louisville on Saturday when things took a turn. A man came in wearing a mask, and when the McKeowns saw an employee behind the counter put their hands up, both realized what was happening.

"[We] quickly pieced it together and just went from there," Chase said.

The McKeowns, officers with the Elizabethtown Police Department, drew their weapons and chased the suspect out of the restaurant.

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