{"id":1594343,"date":"2022-08-08T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594343"},"modified":"2022-08-08T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T15:17:22","slug":"vegas-smoke-shop-owner-recounts-how-masked-robber-he-stabbed-begged-for-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vegas-smoke-shop-owner-recounts-how-masked-robber-he-stabbed-begged-for-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegas Smoke Shop Owner Recounts How Masked Robber He Stabbed Begged For His Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvegas-smoke-shop-owner-recounts-how-masked-robber-he-stabbed-begged-for-his-life%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1594343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>When masked bandits stormed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/las-vegas\">Las Vegas<\/a> smoke shop, all Johnny Nguyen had to defend himself was a pocketknife and a bellyful of being a victim. It turned out to be enough.<\/p>\n<p>Nguyen, who fended off the August 3 robbery in a heroic moment seen on viral surveillance video, told The Daily Wire in an exclusive interview what happened after he took down one of the thieves. The suspect had leapt over the counter and was coming at Nguyen when the shopkeeper fought back, stabbing him at least seven times with the pocketknife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2019This wasn\u2019t my idea. Please don\u2019t let me die,\u2019\u201d Nguyen recounted the suspect saying as he called 911.<\/p>\n<p>While Nguyen called for an ambulance, the thief, who claimed to be 17, called his mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told his\u00a0mom he was dying and that he robbed a store,\u201d Nguyen recalled.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A robber in black bloc was stabbed &#038; subdued by an Asian-American shop keeper wearing flip flops in Las Vegas this week. The robber\u2019s accomplice leaves his friend behind. Police are investigating the robbery &#038; stabbing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EJrF6syO1d\">pic.twitter.com\/EJrF6syO1d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1555610270256562176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Nguyen, the incident began when two masked males walked into Nguyen\u2019s Smokestrom Smoke Shop. A third suspect held the door open from outside. Nguyen, a Vietnamese-American originally from Florida, said his heart was racing despite his calm demeanor seen in the footage. In the ten months he\u2019s been in business, the store has already been robbed twice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assumed they had a firearm,\u201d Nguyen told The Daily Wire, noting one of the suspects\u00a0had a partially unzipped backpack in front of his torso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you guys wearing masks like that?\u201d Nguyen can be heard asking them on the video before pleading with them to \u201cjust leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the video, one bandit can be seen taking the tip jar, grabbing other items, and fleeing. But the other one leaps and jumps over the glass case toward Nguyen, who grabs the knife and defends himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m dead! I\u2019m dead!\u201d the suspect can be heard shouting as he falls to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Angelica Nielson, who works at a nearby restaurant, saw and recorded some of the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just saw two\u00a0guys running for their lives from our shop window,\u201d Nielson told The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect fled down an alley before police and an ambulance arrived. Video she recorded outside Nguyen\u2019s smoke shop shows the robbery suspect on a gurney being wheeled into an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>Nielson said Nguyen has earned the respect of area merchants since taking over the smoke shop a little less than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe came over to introduce himself and asked to use our\u00a0microwave,\u201d she recalled of their first meeting. \u201cHe was so sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Las Vegas Metropolitan Police arrested two individuals, including the suspect who is expected to recover. It is not known yet if Nguyen could face charges himself, but Nielson has set up a GoFundMe campaign for any potential legal fees Nguyen could incur.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Nguyen said he has bought a gun. He said he worries that\u00a0publicity around the video could make him a target, even though he has actually seen a slight uptick in business. But he ultimately stood by his decision to release the surveillance\u00a0video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420930\" class=\"wp-image-420930 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-08-at-9.45.51-AM.png\" alt=\"Johnny Nguyen&#039;s Las Vegas smoke shop had been robed twice before, but this time, he fought back.\" width=\"614\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-08-at-9.45.51-AM.png 614w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-08-at-9.45.51-AM-300x170.png 300w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-420930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0Johnny Nguyen back behind the counter the next day, and urging other shopkeepers not to be victims. (Courtesy: Johnny Nguyen)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe the video might prevent other stores from getting robbed because robbers will think, \u2018This one will fight back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His advice to other small business people:\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t give people a chance to harm you or your store.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nguyen was back behind the counter the next day and says the community has been supportive. But he says his parents back in Miami are worried.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u201cThey told me I should sell the shop, go apply for med school, and become a doctor,\u201d Nguyen chuckled. \u201cVery Asian.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When masked bandits stormed his Las Vegas smoke shop, all Johnny Nguyen had to defend himself was a pocketknife and a bellyful of being a victim. It turned out to be enough. Nguyen, who fended off the August 3 robbery in a heroic moment seen on viral surveillance video, told The Daily Wire in an &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1898574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1594343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1594343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1594343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1898574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1594343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1594343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1594343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}