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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) – A local Subway worker has been suspended after defending herself during an attempted robbery.
The incident happened Sunday morning at the restaurant located at 1120 East State Street.
Subway employee Araceli Sotelo said she was scared for her life, and in the moment, decided to fight. Now, she says that a surveillance video circulating online is the reason she has been suspended.
Sotelo was working alone when a man walked in, demanding money.
“He kind of just showed me his gun, and I was like freaking out like, ‘woah you can’t do that please leave,'” Sotelo said. “[He said] ‘give me all the money’ and I said ‘I do not have any money, like, I do not have any money.’ That is all I had and he was just like, ‘give me everything before I hurt you.'”
The man did not leave, and ended up grabbing Sotelo’s purse, so she fought back.