Clerk Fights Back. (Exercising the right).

Shortly before 11:00 a.m. on October 8th, a would-be robber wearing a mask entered an Amoco gas station in Durham, North Carolina. He ordered everyone, including clerk Atta Rehman, 36, onto the floor and fled with an undisclosed amount of money.

Rehman grabbed a shotgun and chased the armed robber through a neighboring used-car lot. During a brief standoff, the robber threatened Rehman and ordered him to drop the shotgun, but the clerk instead opened fire, striking Rodney Lamont Cameron, 31, in the face and chest.

Cameron was taken to a local hospital in critical condition but was later upgraded to serious. On October 15th, he was indicted by a Durham County grand jury on a charge of armed robbery. The jurors also held that Rehman, having acted in self-defense, should not be prosecuted.