'Ma'am, I don't want to do this either.' He said, 'Times are bad, times are really hard'." [View All]

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:cry: I wish this man had knocked on my door. I would have given him the $20.

Indianapolis - A terrified woman's compassionate words brought an armed robber to his knees in prayer.

Police say what cameras caught is something they've never seen before. The armed robbery unfolded at the Advance America Cash Store on East Washington Street Monday afternoon.

That's when police say 23-year-old Gregory Smith walked into the store and pointed a gun at clerk Angie Montez. Surveillance video of the store shows Smith going around the counter to confront Montez.

"I was like, please don't do this. I have grand babies. I have family. I have loved ones. I don't want to die. I don't want to die," Montez says of the robbery. "He said, 'Ma'am, I don't want to do this either.' He said, 'Times are bad, times are really hard'."

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"He was heartbroken. He was crying and he told me he didn't want to do this," Montez described. "He said, 'I've got to have this money by 4 o'clock, or I will be on the streets with my baby'. He said he'd been looking for a job for months."


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