Robber Lets Victim Call 911 After She Has Apparent Heart Attack In Mid-Crime

Even police agree it was an odd robbery. But they note it shows it definitely wasn’t an instance of “your money or your life.”

When a gun toting bandit entered an Almonte Springs, Florida convenience store last weekend, he demanded cash from the female clerk.

But the shock of being confronted by the man and his weapon was too much for the 60-year-old counter jockey and she began to hyperventilate.

It got so bad, she told her assailant she thought she was having a heart attack.

So even though the robbery was in progress, the stick-up man took extra pains to help her.

It started when the masked robber walked into the Kangaroo Express and demanded the cashier open the safe. When she told him she didn’t have the keys, he ordered her to empty whatever cash was in the register into a bag.

That’s when 60-year-old Mary Parker faltered and told the stranger she was having chest pains.

He allowed her to sit on a stool and explained he was forced to turn to robbery because no one would hire him. Security video captured the bizarre conversation that took place next.

“I have heart trouble. Help me,” she pleaded.

“I’m sorry, ma’am,” was the reply.

“I have heart trouble,” she repeated.

“Ma’am, it’s going to be all right,” the gunman reassured.

“I’m probably going to have a heart attack,” she continued.

“Oh my, ma’am, please do not have a heart attack. Please do not have a heart attack. Please don’t, ma’am,” he responded, starting to panic. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

“I’m having a heart attack, honey,” she continues. “I’m having a heart attack.”

And then he let her call 911, even allowing her to use her own cell phone when the one at the store stopped working.

The woman called for help without telling the operator about the man standing over her with a gun.

At that point, a customer entered the surreal scene and started talking to the 911 operator himself, while the crook went into hiding. He then revealed himself and ordered the startled buyer into a pop cooler.

The man who walked in on the crime recalled his strange interlude after it was over.

“[He said he was] going through tough times and, you know, I do feel for him,” the formerly frozen captive relates. “I mean he was actually very compassionate to her.”

The suspect then fled with an exit line not even a script writer could turn out.

“You have a good day, I’m sorry this had to happen,” he told her. “I’m sorry. God!”

But the soft hearted robber wasn’t all altruistic – although he was concerned about his victim, he still had the presence of mind to leave with 30 bucks and some cigarettes.

The clerk is going to be fine.

The suspect is still on the loose.