A woman witnesses told police was 81 years old took a break from shopping Tuesday to stop a robbery at an Oklahoma City dollar store.

Oklahoma City police said about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday a man walked into Family Dollar, 3321 NW 23, with his face covered and a T-shirt wrapped around his hand, saying he had a gun.

The man demanded the cashier open the register and give him all the money.

Right about that time, the older woman walked up to the man and began hitting him with her hands and purse. She said, “Oh no, you are not robbing them,” according to a police report.