Video: Boy hits robber with stuffed animal

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A boy in Silver Spring, Maryland, tried to play hero when a band of armed robbers entered a Game Stop he was in on May 20.

WUSA9 reported the robbery happened at 8:56 p.m. when two suspects entered the store and ordered three customers against the wall near the counter.

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One of the customers was a young boy, who was viewed on video hitting one of the robbers with a stuffed animal in his hand.

The video captures the boy being put against the wall with the others as the robbers order the clerks to hand over an undisclosed amount of cash and personal property.

"He’s a brave little boy. It doesn’t surprise me." the boy’s father told WUSA9. "He was acting on instinct and it was a stranger with a mask so, of course, we’re proud of him. We love him."

Still, the boy's father said it was a scary situation.

The suspects in the robbery are still at large.

The Montgomery County Police Department says the suspects are black males in their 20s, approximately 5′ 6″ tall and weighing 170 pounds.

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