Even after being shot, store owner fights off gunman with bat

Luis Quizhpe would take the shirt off his back for someone who needed it, his son said Wednesday.

On Tuesday he took a bullet — while swinging a baseball bat at a gun-wielding robber — defending the Logan Square novelty store he’s run for 28 years.

…The elder Quizhpe can be seen grabbing a baseball bat and swinging as the robber fires continuous rounds at him at close range. Just one bullet pierced Quizhpe’s leg.

Still Quizhpe kept on swinging, even after being shot, and even as one of the robbers hopped back over the counter and shot at him again at close range. The video captured Quizhpe’s brother-in-law hitting one of the robbers with an extension rod, then grabbing a stool and throwing it at him. Just after the robber had hopped over the counter to escape, Quizhpe’s brother-in-law can be seen throwing a fire extinguisher at him on the way out.

Lets go to the video tape!

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