MIDVALE –– A man with a concealed weapons permit stopped two would-be Midvale robbers from making off with his friend's stuff.

Police say the men were coming home from an errand around 7 a.m. Wednesday morning when they spotted the suspects with their things. The suspects took off on foot.

One of the men being robbed grabbed a gun from his truck and started running after them.

Midvale police Detective Sgt. John Salazar said, "Grabs a loaded .40-caliber handgun and chases with the gun, shooting rounds either into the air or into the ground as they were chasing."

The gunfire stopped the suspects dead in their tracks. The men held the robbers at gunpoint until police arrived and arrested them.

No one was hurt.

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"shooting rounds into either the air or the ground"

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That would get you some jail time here.

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Here too (NC).

Can't fire a weapon as a warning, and can't hold people at gun point.

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Here too (NC).



Can't fire a weapon as a warning, and can't hold people at gun point.