Chalk one up for the good guys. The Tulsa World web site is reporting a news story titled, “Shopper stops robber in Batman mask.”

Late night. Food Pyramid grocery store. According to the police report, a Mr. Tony Leroy Cleveland walks in wearing a Batman Mask and a red bandanna over his face. Waving a gun around he corrals all of the shoppers and employees to one area of the store and starts demanding money.

One of the customers tries to duck behind a counter and Mr. Cleveland fires at him, missing by inches. Then it appeared that the gun jammed.

The Tulsa World story reported it like this:

The gun then jammed, and Stutzman tackled Cleveland, police said. Store surveillance video shows Stutzman single-handedly fighting to keep a hold on him.

“It took me a few seconds to register that we might have an opportunity here,” Stutzman said. “From there, it just happened. It started in the store and ended outside. Everything else was a tumble, a blur.”

The struggle continued outside the store until police arrived, even after Stutzman was hit in the head and face with the gun.

Stutzman said Friday evening that he didn’t do anything extraordinary: “You know, it just happened,” he said. “There’s no real big thing about it.”

But if you watch this video, you see just how big a deal it really is. He is single handedly taking this guy down. There’s one or two other people who try to help a little bit, but this is basically a one man show.

Here’s a link to the video:


I think this guy deserves to keep the robber’s Batman Mask as a trophy. And maybe he’ll start using it more often!