An 80-year-aged California liquor store operator was caught on video clip opening fire at a would-be robber with a shotgun, prompting the suspect to operate out of his enterprise screaming "he shot my arm off!" 

The self-defense act happened early Sunday at Norco Market place & Liquor in Norco, just east of Los Angeles, following the keep proprietor was confronted by a gunman wielding a rifle. 

"In this scenario, a lawfully armed member of our local community prevented a violent crime and ensured their possess basic safety, even though remaining confronted with a number of armed suspects," the Riverside County Sheriff’s Business explained. 

Surveillance footage received by Fox11 LA displays the masked suspect pointing a rifle at the retailer owner times before the proprietor arrived at powering the counter, grabbed a shotgun and fired in the suspect’s path. 

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Two of the armed suspects police say they have taken into custody following the attempted robbery at a liquor retailer in Norco, Calif., on Sunday, July 31. (Riverside County Sheriff's Business office)

The suspect is then listened to screaming "he shot my arm off!" as he ran out of the retailer and into a getaway automobile exterior. 

The 23-yr-aged gunman – who has not been publicly identified – was afterwards tracked down at a nearby hospital "suffering from a gunshot wound reliable with a shotgun blast," according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Workplace. 

He continues to be in important but stable affliction and will be booked into jail on his launch. 

The liquor store in Southern California the place the tried robbery unfolded. (Google Maps)

The other gentlemen law enforcement say were within the getaway auto, who also were being uncovered at the hospital, had been determined as Justin Johnson, 22, of Inglewood, Jamar Williams, 27, of Los Angeles, and Davon Broadus, 24, of Las Vegas.  

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The BMW SUV they were touring in was earlier noted stolen and discovered to comprise various stolen firearms – and now each and every of those adult men are experiencing fees of robbery and conspiracy and are remaining held in lieu of $500,000 bail, the sheriff’s workplace added. 

The 80-year-previous keep proprietor, meanwhile, is recovering at a healthcare facility after suffering a coronary heart assault shortly soon after the attempted theft, according to Fox11 LA.