The Carson City Council on Tuesday presented a commendation to a sheriff’s deputy who
after walking into a 7-Eleven earlier this month.
Standing in the council chambers, Deputy Luis Cisneros was flanked by his pregnant wife and a dozen dignitaries as he received the act of valor award.
“You always prepare for those ‘What if?’ situations,” Cisneros told ABC7, “and you always run them in the back of your head. And when it does happen, it’s good to know that you took the appropriate action.”
Along with the award, the city also presented Cisneros with a 7-Eleven polo shirt.
A sheriff’s deputy recounted the moment when he happened to walk into a 7-Eleven in Carson as armed robbers were holding a clerk at gunpoint.
Four suspects were taken into custody after the Jan. 13 encounter, which occurred about 12:30 a.m. at a convenience store in the 1700 block of Avalon Boulevard, near Victoria Street.
Surveillance video shows several suspects, each wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and face mask, briskly walking into the store through the front entrance and jumping over the counter. The footage later shows Cisneros walking in through the same door moments later.