Concealed-carry 7-Eleven customer takes out ax-swinging lunatic!

SEATTLE, Washington (PNN) - March 14, 2016 - A 7-Eleven shopper in Washington state relied on his concealed carry firearm over the weekend to subdue a man who attacked customers and staff with a small ax. Just before 6:00 a.m. Sunday, a masked man entered a convenience store in the Seattle suburb of Boulevard Park and began swinging a hatchet at both the customer and the store clerk before attacking the cashier.

“We don’t know if the intent was to commit a robbery because the suspect didn’t say anything,” said King County Sheriff’s Sergeant Cindi West.

Luckily, an armed store patron was sitting and having coffee at the exact moment the ax-wielding suspect entered.

The 60-year-old man, who has visited the store nearly every day for the past 12 years, shot and killed the suspect.

The store clerk, 58, suffered a minor injury to his stomach, but is expected to be fine.

“This could have been a lot worse,” said West. “The clerk could be the one laying there dead on the floor right now. We believe had this good Samaritan not acted, we might have a dead clerk on our hands right now.”