Man uses prosthetic leg to trip up armed robber

A would-be robber was tripped up by a one-legged customer while trying to make his getaway from a Middleton, Massachusetts, convenience store.



Steve Cornell, 55, was outside of the JC Grill and Convenience Store and saw the robbery take place.

When the gunman ran from the building, Cornell tripped him, then helped the store's clerk restrain him until police arrived.


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Cornell, who has a prosthetic leg and recently underwent shoulder surgery, says he was only doing "what anybody would do" when he decided to intervene. The suspect, 23-year-old Eric Homan is now facing charges of armed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon.

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