Shannon "Bear" Cothran told the Telegraph of Nashua he was working at a Shell station in Nashua early Monday when a man approached him brandishing a knife. Police confirm that the would-be robber fled after the clerk pulled out a gun.
Cothran says he then filed a report with Nouria Energy, which owns the station, and was fired hours later even though the store manager and a district manager lobbied to save his job.
Nouria says in a statement that it believes the best way to keep employees and customers safe is to prohibit weapons in the workplace.
