She’s small, but mighty.
And she’s her dad’s ultimate sidekick.
According to a CBS News report, an 8-year-old girl from Minnesota and her father fought an armed robbery suspect Saturday at a liquor store.
And the whole ordeal was caught on camera.
Police arrested 37-year-old Conchobhar Morrell with first-degree attempted aggravated robbery Monday, CBS News reportd. A jury previously convicted Morrell in 2004 for first-degree aggravated robbery, charging documents say.
Surveillance footage appears to show the suspect walking toward the store manager Leo — who was the girl’s father — and setting a BB gun on the counter.
The two then appear to converse. When the suspect walked behind the counter, Leo punched the suspect, and a fight ensued.
Leo managed to get the suspect on the floor, and his 8-year-old daughter waded in with a baseball bat and bashed the suspect with it.
Video shows an 8-year-old girl using a baseball bat to help her dad fight off an armed robber wearing an Amazon uniform inside a liquor store in Minnesota. Her father, who's a store manager, told CBS Minnesota that he didn't expect her to join in.https://t.co/3xXpFA5We9 pic.twitter.com/7nxhcFTztQ
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Morrell was a delivery associate for a third-party package delivery service for Amazon, CBS News reported. An Amazon spokesperson said that Morrell would be “immediately off-boarded.”
Leo told CBS News that he was preparing to close the store when the incident happened.
“He [Morrell] put the gun on the table. He asked me to give him all the money and everything in the register. I told him, ‘Yes, I’ll give you everything,’” the store manager said. He was prepared to part with the money in the register because he did not want to endanger his daughter who was right beside him.
When the suspect tried to move behind the counter where Leo’s daughter was, he decided to fight the suspect. “I’m a dad. I’m not going to let that happen,” Leo told CBS News. He said that he did not realize his daughter joined in the fight until he reviewed the surveillance footage.
“I’m so proud of her. She’s so strong,” he said. When Leo asked his daughter why she helped him fight off the suspected robber, she said that she wanted to protect him.