[Mr KLC]

[Mr KLC]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – "It was just what needed to be done."

That's how Elizabethtown Police Detective Chase McKeown describes his actions, as well as those of his wife, Officer Nicole McKeown, when they stopped an accused robber at a Raising Cane's restaurant in Louisville's Highlands neighborhood on Saturday. His comments came during an informal news conference held at the Elizabethtown Police Department Tuesday morning to recognize the officers.

The off-duty officers with the Elizabethtown Police Department had only been married for six months, when they decided to visit the Raising Cane's restaurant in Louisville for a date night.

"At our church, we've been focusing on marriage," Chase McKeown said, adding that his church emphasizes having a "date night" once a week. Nicole said the decision to eat there was a no-brainer, as it was the first place they ate after their wedding.

But both officers say they didn't expect what happened next. According to an arrest report, 30-year-old Justin Carter walked into the restaurant wearing a mask. Police say he pointed a gun at the cashier and demanded cash.

"I think we kind of both saw him at the same time," Nicole McKeown said. Knowing that it was flu season, Nicole says she thought at first that Carter might be sick, but as she continued to watch, she realized there was something more sinister happening. That's when she turned to her husband. "I looked at him and said, 'That's kind of odd.'"

Both officers realized the restaurant was being robbed.

Nicole said her husband Chase was going to take Carter on by himself, so he handed her his cell phone and told her to call 911 – but she wasn't about to sit on the sidelines.

"No -- I'm gonna help my husband!" she said.

Surveillance video shows what happened next. With weapons drawn, both officers rush to confront Carter. He can be seen dropping the weapon and running out the door, but the husband and wife duo pursued him. They held him at gunpoint a few blocks away until LMPD officers arrived to arrest him. Carter has since pleaded not guilty to robbery, receipt of stolen property and being a felon in possession of a gun.

Det. Dan Mason of the Louisville Metro Police Department's Robbery Unit applauded both officers for their bravery, saying they acted "honorably and heroically."

[cincinnatikid513]

not guilty good luck w that one

[JIBBBY]

Need more hero's to step up like this!!!

[Auto Donk]

was interested in whether they fired any shots at him, or even worse (for his sake and their potential civil liability) wounded or killed him. sounds like the pussy gave up without shots having been fired, probably due to being an out of shape meth head.....

good shit.... word to those that carry, if presented with the situation above. draw your gun and without warning shoot the mother fukker dead in the head or chest. you yell, he'll probably turn to run like the pussy did above, and then you shoot, you're lookking at a murder charge when you kill the fairy with an entry wound in the back, exit out the chest.

just gun the mother fukker down before he knows what the fuk is even going on..... the fact that he has pulled a gun in a restaurant on the cashier puts you in the required degree of danger to your life so as to blow his fukkin' head clean off, like this guy used to do:

[USCPHILLYGUY]

https://www.kcra.com/article/caught-...rash/30990493#


Bravo

[MinnesotaFats]

We should all be armed civilians

This shit would cease to exist

[jtoler]

so they were the only ones in the joint hmm. clerk was super slow always funny how some are overly protective of owner's belongings risking their lives while theyre making minimum wage

[USCPHILLYGUY]

https://6abc.com/bodycam-video-shows...-fire/5957405/

[MaltedHopsFrenzy]

Their "date night" dinner and the first place they ate at right after their wedding was a friggin' Raising Cane's? Talk about a cheap date! At least Applebee's, Chili's, & TGIFridays serves alcohol for God's sake!

[nyplayer33]

Glad they got him..when your a christian money isnt the leading factor