https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Video-shows-man-stop-suspected-armed-robber-on-train-Then-he-runs-a-marathon-563226151.htmlMan stops train robbery on way to Chicago Marathon, still runs in raceWhen Jean Paul LaPierre, 54, said he watched a man robbing other passengers, he didn't want to sit by and do nothing.
It started when the train was stopped, and riders rushed for the doors.
"Said, 'This doesn't seem the right way.' He says, 'No. There's a guy on the train with a gun walking around right now robbing people.' So that kind of made me mad," LaPierre said.
That's why, LaPierre said he got back on the train and confronted the man entirely on his own.
He grabs the gun out of the man's hands and asks for help from other passengers to put the safety lock on it.
"I'm a boxer. I'll break your head in one punch," he can be heard telling the man. "I can hit you seven times in three seconds."
LaPierre said that man had friends on the train, but he didn't waiver.
"They started threatening me, but I stood stern-faced and the guy kept saying, 'It's just a gun. Let me go. Let me go.' I kept telling him, 'You're not going anywhere,'" LaPierre said.
According to WGN, he held onto the man until police arrived.
Then once LaPierre was off the train, he ran the Chicago Marathon.
Marathon weekend was probably not a wise time to be robbing people on the train. Many runners are also into weight lifting, Cross Fit, and martial arts.
