MILWAUKEE -- For the first time the grocery store customer who fired his gun to stop a robbery suspect talks about what exactly happened.
That man said he was just trying to protect himself, his wife, and everyone inside the store.
“See a guy walking with his arm up, and a shot gun out of his sleeve and a bag, so obviously an armed robbery was about to happen,” said Nazir Al-Mujaahid who shot an armed robber.
That's when Nazir Al-Mujaahid knew this was a moment of truth.
“I told my wife to back up out of the way, she did, people in the aisle cleared out, I backed up, he was shouting at the chaser with the shotgun to her head,” said Al-Mujaahid.
So he acted.
“I made the decision to go ahead and try to resolve the situation as best as possible and that mean firing shots, thankfully I hit him a couple times,” said Al-Mujaahid.
He connected once in the leg another shot grazed the would be robbers forehead, the suspect dropped the gun and the bag and took off.
Nadir said he is licensed and had his concealed carry permit 2 weeks before the shooting but he was in a store that didn't allow any weapons.
Nazir told CBS-58 he didn't see the sign at the Aldi's prohibiting guns and if had he would have kept his gun on him and bought his groceries somewhere else.
“To me those a criminally friendly zones, criminals don't care if you have a sign, they're just going to bring it in,” said Al-Mujaahid.
His actions raised the question with the Milwaukee county district attorney of whether pulling the trigger was justifiable the DA addressed that today.
“He put himself in a dangerous situation and he acted in a manner that kept him and others safe, it wouldn't make sense to charge him with a crime or citation,” said John Chisholm Milwaukee Co. District Attorney.