Arizona Marine James Kilcer was presented with the Citizen’s Valor Award on Tuesday following the Oct. 20 incident while wearing his ‘Let’s Go, Brandon!’ shirt and it was just the icing on the cake!
Kilcer grabbed the gun right out of the hand of a would-be robber just before smashing his face in with a bag full of heavy drinks. Kilcer says he’s a regular at the store and was just having a conversation with the clerk when two criminals attempted to rob the store.
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“Sheriff Leon Wilmot presented Mr. Kilcer the YCSO Citizen’s Valor Award “For extraordinary heroism and exceptional courage while voluntarily coming to the aid of another citizen during an incident involving criminal activity at extreme, life threatening, personal risk in an attempt to save or protect human life.” The YCSO Citizen’s Valor Award is the highest award for citizens whose actions warrant recognition.
Last week, Kilcer told “America’s Newsroom” he takes his personal safety, and the safety of others, “very seriously.”
“I turn around to go and leave, kind of walk out and as I’m turning around I hear the door kind of open real aggressively,” Kilcer said about the incident. “At that point, the ‘spidey senses’ tingled a little bit.”
Three unidentified people entered the store with one armed frontman leading the way.
“I saw two other guys with no other weapons and decided that’s the guy that I’m going to hit,” Kilcer says.
In one motion, Kilcer grabbed the gun and without hesitation hit the other suspects with a bag of his store purchases, which he said included two Gatorades, two energy drinks and “a snack.”
“I was actually going to take control of his head and the gun at the same time, and the bag just happened to be heavy and attached to me and it smashed him right in the face,” Kilcer said.
While the gas station clerk was “a little worked up” about the incident, according to Kilcer, he jumped over the counter to chase the suspects.
Side Note:
You don’t need polls to know where Biden’s approval rating stands. Just take a look at the comments on the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office’s post if you need a good laugh.
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.