An Oklahoma City 7-Eleven clerk shot a man on Friday during a violent attack at work. Police said the suspect was shot in the stomach and is in custody. As for the employee, police said she had minor injuries and was not arrested.
Police were first called to a disturbance around 12:30 a.m. at the 7-Eleven store at northwest 39th Street and Ann Arbor.
“When they arrived, they met a store clerk who indicated that a man had come in,” said Msgt. Gary Knight, Oklahoma City Police Department. “He tried to pay for something with a fake bill.”
The clerk knew the money was counterfeit and said she was calling the police.
“He demanded she give it back, she refused,” said Knight. “He came around the counter, got behind the counter where she was and grabbed her by the throat and began choking her violently.”
Police said store security cameras caught the entire attack, including when 59-year-old Kenneth Thompson allegedly told the clerk he would kill her. Police said he was carrying a knife.
As for Dilyard, police told KWTV that she suffered minor injuries and was not arrested; police confirmed to KOKH, in fact, that she's protected under Oklahoma's self-defense law.
Yet after all that, 7-Eleven fired Dilyard on Monday for using her gun, KOKH said.
