STOW — A six-year Circle K clerk says the company fired him after he fired seven shots at masked robbers who rammed the front of his Stow store with a stolen minivan in the early hours of Nov. 2, the Akron Beacon Journal reported on Nov. 5. Kendrick Watson, 41, of Stow, was working the night shift at the Circle K at 750 Steels Corner Road when the attempted robbery unfolded, and he told the Akron Beacon Journal his manager contacted him later that same day and told him not to come into work.
The incident happened about 3:30 a.m., according to Stow police, as reported by the Akron Beacon Journal. Watson told the Akron Beacon Journal he was sitting behind the cash register when he heard glass breaking, and became alarmed when he heard it a second time. The robbers rammed the front of the store multiple times with one of the minivans, destroying the glass entryway and dislodging the ATM inside, Stow police said, as reported by the Akron Beacon Journal. Both minivans had been reported stolen from Cleveland, police said.
When four masked men tried to rush into the store, Watson opened fire, shooting seven times, Stow police said, as reported by the Akron Beacon Journal. The shots struck a gas pump, one of the stolen minivans and a post for the canopy over the pumps, and it is unknown whether any of the robbers were injured, police said in a news release, as reported by the Akron Beacon Journal. “I didn’t feel like my life was in danger until I saw them rushing the store,” Watson told the Akron Beacon Journal. “I wanted to protect myself, coworkers and the store. After I fired shots, they ran away,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal…