American Military News by Ryan Morgan March 18, 2021
Army Ranger speaks out after shot while fighting off shotgun-wielding robber with his bare hands
In an interview with Army Times this week, Russell Ruth, an active-duty soldier who served in the Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment, spoke out publicly two years after being shot while fighting off an armed robbery at a Georgia restaurant.
On March 24, 2019, then-Staff Sgt. Ruth met friends for brunch at the Brewer’s Sports Bar & Grill in Savannah, Ga. when a suspect with a sawed-off shotgun entered the restaurant and began robbing the place.
Ruth said he saw the masked-man enter the building and yell, “This is a robbery, nobody move.†As the robber disappeared around a hallway in the restaurant with the restaurant owner, Ruth helped evacuated the other nine patrons in the building.
Ruth had heard a scream from inside the restaurant and told Army Times he thought the robber looked nervous. Worrying about the owner’s safety, Ruth made the decision to go back into the restaurant, despite being unarmed.
Ruth said he crept along the hallway where the owner was and saw the robber, with his back turned. That’s when Ruth jumped into action and landed a punch to the robber’s head, briefly knocking him unconscious.
As the robber went down, Ruth tackled him and separated him from his shotgun. It was as he was holding down the first robber that he was struck by a 9mm pistol round fired by the robber’s previously unseen partner. The bullet entered Ruth’s chest and exited his back.
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