Man in wheelchair filmed robbing store, holding gun with feet
A paralyzed and mute Brazilian man was filmed attempting to rob a jewelry store last week….using his feet!
The incident took place last Monday inside a jewelry store in Canela, Rio Grande de Sul.
The 19-year-old, who has cerebral palsy and cannot move his hands, gave employees a note that said “hand over everything. Don’t raise attention.”
The store’s surveillance camera captured the wheelchair stricken teen aiming a plastic toy gun wedged between his bare feet at the counter.
According to the Daily Mail, “the jewelry shop employee said the paralyzed teenager had been in the store for about 10 minutes and that he initially thought he was begging.
A customer had already given the teenager money and the store clerk said he felt sympathy towards him before he was given the robbery note.
‘Then he pulled the gun out with his feet. That pistol looked real,’ the worker said.
‘A guy back there saw it and called 911.’
The police arrived and arrested the teenager, who was also in possession of a knife.
A family member was allowed to assist officers questioning the teen at the precinct because of his disability, before he was later released from custody.
City delegate Vladimir Medeiros initiated an investigation into the failed robbery
‘It must be considered that, given the elements initially brought to the police station, it would possibly be an impossible crime to be consummated, especially if you considered the physical condition of the [person being] investigated, also due to the unlikelihood of escape,’ Medeiros said.”
(SOURCE: Daily Mail)
