Arizona Marine Who Stopped Robbery Receives Award Dressed in ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ T-Shirt
The Arizona Marine who disarmed a robbery suspect wore a “Let’s Go Brandon” and Donald Trump hat to the ceremony where he was given an award for bravery.
Former Marine James Kilcer (I know, I know, no Marine is “former”) became instantly famous for acting quickly and disarming a crook of his pistol when the would-be rook entered a store to perpetrate a robbery on October 20.
But Kilcer had some distinctive gear on when he arrived at the Yuma County Sheriff’s office to receive his Citizen’s Valor Award.
According to Sheriff Leon Wilmot, t4$he man was given the award for his “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.”
WATCH Kilcer’s epic takedown:
Kilcer described his encounter on Fox News:
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.
Kilcer credited his quick thinking and lightning-fast moves to his training in the Marine corps.
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