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DETROIT (WJBK) - Marvin Denha says scrap thieves have stripped his family business properties. What wasn't stolen was vandalized in the deli, laundry and collision shops that operated side-by side until six months ago on West Seven Mile at Hershey in Detrioit near the State Fairgrounds. All three businesses were for sale, but scrap thieves robbed them blind.
"I was happy to get both at the same time, but it was scary at the same time because I've got two guys to watch and it may sound funny... but I've got two firearms pointed two different ways," Denha explained.
He has a concealed gun permit. He likes to carry two guns and he pulled them both. One scrap thief laid down. The other hesitated.
"He refused to get on the ground for like about a good five minutes until I showed him that I wasn't playing around. I put the gun directly at him and made him lay down," Denha said.
His cousin called 911 several times. Denha began holding the bad guys at gunpoint at 4:30 p.m.
"I told them you [aren't] going anywhere until the cops come. I'm going to make sure you go to jail," Denha told FOX 2. "I'm dialing 911. I tell them I've got one guy at gunpoint, and the other, the second [I'm] on the phone he books it. So, I'm not going to shoot him in the back."
Police hadn't arrived. Denha heard a noise outside. He thought the bad guys were getting help. His cousin does not have a gun permit.
"I left him alone. I can't give him my firearm," said Denha. "I heard the noise and I got worried about I was getting trapped in [the] building."
"I didn't want [anybody] to come in on us, so I walked out to go cover that," he added."[My cousin] ends up getting hit in the face and the guy books it."
In the end, both thieves got away. Denha and his cousin drove off at 6:00 p.m., which was an hour and a half after their first 911 call.
FOX 2 asked Detroit Police for comment. They said they did respond to the scene, but did not find any trouble. Due to computers being down, they couldn't tell what time they arrived.
DETROIT (WJBK) - Marvin Denha says scrap thieves have stripped his family business properties. What wasn't stolen was vandalized in the deli, laundry and collision shops that operated side-by side until six months ago on West Seven Mile at Hershey in Detrioit near the State Fairgrounds. All three businesses were for sale, but scrap thieves robbed them blind.
"I was happy to get both at the same time, but it was scary at the same time because I've got two guys to watch and it may sound funny... but I've got two firearms pointed two different ways," Denha explained.
He has a concealed gun permit. He likes to carry two guns and he pulled them both. One scrap thief laid down. The other hesitated.
"He refused to get on the ground for like about a good five minutes until I showed him that I wasn't playing around. I put the gun directly at him and made him lay down," Denha said.
His cousin called 911 several times. Denha began holding the bad guys at gunpoint at 4:30 p.m.
"I told them you [aren't] going anywhere until the cops come. I'm going to make sure you go to jail," Denha told FOX 2. "I'm dialing 911. I tell them I've got one guy at gunpoint, and the other, the second [I'm] on the phone he books it. So, I'm not going to shoot him in the back."
Police hadn't arrived. Denha heard a noise outside. He thought the bad guys were getting help. His cousin does not have a gun permit.
"I left him alone. I can't give him my firearm," said Denha. "I heard the noise and I got worried about I was getting trapped in [the] building."
"I didn't want [anybody] to come in on us, so I walked out to go cover that," he added."[My cousin] ends up getting hit in the face and the guy books it."
In the end, both thieves got away. Denha and his cousin drove off at 6:00 p.m., which was an hour and a half after their first 911 call.
FOX 2 asked Detroit Police for comment. They said they did respond to the scene, but did not find any trouble. Due to computers being down, they couldn't tell what time they arrived.
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