CALIFORNIA – An army veteran working as a clerk at a Bay Point market fatally shot an armed robber Sunday night after getting pistol-whipped in a violent attack caught on camera.

Mark Kasprowicz was working behind the counter at Kam’s Market around 11 p.m. when two masked suspects entered the business. One suspect went to the back of the market and held an employee at gunpoint while the other suspect — armed with a semi-automatic handgun — went behind the counter, pistol-whipped Kasprowicz and started pulling cash out of the register.

“At first I thought it was a joke,” Kasprowicz said. “Two seconds later, I realized it was real. He pushed me to the ground, to my knees and everything.”

When Kasprowicz reached for a gun in a drawer next to the register, the suspect attacked him again and the two struggled over the gun. As they wrestled on the ground, the suspect’s gun went off. The suspect immediately took off running and Kasprowicz opened fire.

“I just looked around, and he was running, and just by instinct, I let go a shot,” Kasprowicz said. “I managed to squeeze off one round, and apparently after the fact I found out that I actually hit him.”

Both suspects managed to run out of the market, but the suspect who attacked Kasprowicz died in the parking lot outside the store, according to the store owner. The other suspect got away.

Kasprowicz is an Air Force veteran with two decades in private security. He said his military training and experience as a security guard kicked in when he was attacked.

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