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Citizen takes down armed robber at New York 7-Eleven

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TOWN OF TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB) – Security footage from a Town of Tonawanda 7-Eleven store on Sheridan Drive shows a citizen taking down an armed robber in the store.

Town of Tonawanda Police say the incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday when Robert M. Samson, 59, entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded cash from the clerk.

As this was happening, a citizen with a large flashlight struck Samson several times in the head, dismantling and knocking him to the floor, according to police. Samson eventually stumbled out of the store and was located by police in the attic of his home on Sheridan Parkside Drive.

Samson was then treated at a hospital. He has been linked and charged with two other recent armed robberies in the town. Samson is being held at the Erie County Holding Center on $75,000.

The citizen has not been identified by police.