Craig Cope died in December 2022 after suffering a stroke weeks earlier. Sunday, the Norco community gathered to celebrate his life.
Cope, seeing the men in store surveillance footage, got out his gun and prepared to defend himself. He fired one shot at one fo the men who entered his store. The man then ran from the store, shouting, "He shot my arm off."The Norco store owner who went viral after scaring off would-be robbers is back at work. FOX 11 got a chance to chat with Craig Cope, who recovered from what was otherwise a traumatic experience and a heart attack that followed.
A two-hour celebration of life was held for Cope at the Whiskey River Dancehall and Saloon in Norco, with locals sharing stories of the man, some even wearing the "Don't mess with Norco, we'll shoot your arm off" shirts made after the viral incident. "He did what everyone needs to do," said Norco resident Wendy Rodriguez. "He stood there, he drew a line, and he stood on it."
"I didn't have time to be afraid," Cope told back in July after the incident. "Literally from the time they got out of that car to when they came in was at most 10 seconds."All the news you need to know, every day
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