A Florida Chick-fil-A employee came to the rescue when a woman with a baby had her car keys stolen in the restaurant parking lot. He took down the thief, helping foil the attempted carjacking, and has since been recognized for his bravery with a community service citizens’ award.
On Sept. 14, Mykel Gordon was working a shift in the afternoon at a Chick-fil-A restaurant on Beal Parkway in Fort Walton Beach when he heard screaming in the parking lot. Running to investigate, he found a woman with a baby in her arms.
(Courtesy of Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office)
The woman was lifting her baby out of her car when she was approached by a man holding a stick, who demanded her keys, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office news release. The man, who’s since been identified as 43-year-old William Branch of DeFuniak Springs, snatched the keys from the woman’s waistband and got inside the vehicle….