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Nigel Espat - Owner Robbed At Gunpoint
"When I walked out of my office and got to the front of the store, there were 2 guys standing in here; one of them was pointing a gun in my face. The one pointing the gun held it to my head while the other one pulled behind the counter and he took what I had on me, took my chain, my phone, watch, wallet, some cash that was in my pocket, then he proceeded to take me back into my office, where the guy that had the gun initially - he went over on the other side of the building where black world Harley Davidson is and he pulled the employee that was sitting over there at the counter, brought her through the back door into my office as well, where they tied us up in the office, put us to lay on the ground tied us up, and robbed us everything that we had in there too - all the cash that was in the cash register, the laptops, they took my firearm, and we were left there, could have been maybe 10 minutes, at which point they left and I got up an managed to untie myself and untie the employee."

Jules Vasquez
"When we spoke earlier you told me that you didn't have a lot of cash on hand, and they insisted that they wanted more cash."

Nigel Espat
"Yes, it's been a slow morning and so the sales where pretty small, we hadn't sold enough and they kept insisting that they wanted more cash but I genuinely didn't have it because we didn't generate enough sales this morning."

Jules Vasquez
"They stole your fire arm and they had there firearm, a 38mm and they pointed both guns at you when they were demanding more cash."

Nigel Espat
"Yes, well initially when they came in, I saw clearly that it was a 38 revolver that they pointed in my face, but by the time we got into the office where my fire arm was then at that point they had both guns, but the one they came with and with my fire arm as well which was loaded, at this time when they start demanding more cash, I had both guns pointed at my head, and I was lying on the floor tied up."

Jules Vasquez
"Where you concerned that one of them might get jumpy and pull the trigger?"

Nigel Espat
"Well I did of course and it's like I told them, that the one that was he was more aggressive than the other. He was the one pointed the gun to my head, I ask him, 'Just take whatever you don't have to take the entire store but I have a family, I have 3 young daughters.' And ultimately whatever they took I can replace sometime down the road, but if they take my life, that is to happen I'm dead, what is to happen to my family and my girls, I have to be around so, whatever they took, it's just that; it's material."

Police have no one detained...