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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is praising a Chick-fil-A employee in Florida who they said rushed to the aid of a woman who was carjacked. The woman was getting a baby out of her vehicle outside the restaurant in Fort Walton Beach when a man wielding a stick approached and demanded her keys, the sheriff’s office said Wednesday in a news release. The man then grabbed the keys from the waistband of the woman’s pants, opened the vehicle door and got inside, the release said. Hearing the woman’s cries for help, an employee rushed to intervene, deputies said. The employee, identified by the Chick-fil-A operator as Mykel Gordon, confronted the suspect, who punched Gordon in the face, the release said. As the two tangled in the parking lot, others apparently came to help subdue the suspect, a video shared on Twitter by the sheriff’s office shows. Regarding the FWB Chick-fil-A employee who ran to help a woman with a stolen baby, we want to say a big thank you to Ms. Kelner for providing video of part of the encounter. (see previous post). A big shout out to this young man for his courage! pic.twitter.com/2Lcwe46azv — OkaloosaSheriff (@OCSOALERTS) September 14, 2022 The sheriff’s office credits the employee as a good Samaritan who stopped the suspect from fleeing. “A big shout out to this young man for his bravery,” the department said in the post. Matthew Sexton, the operator of the Chick-fil-A branch, told CNN he was relieved everyone was safe. “I am grateful for my amazing team member, Mykel Gordon, who so selflessly jumped in to help our guests. I couldn’t be more proud of his incredible act of care,” said Sexton The suspect, a 43-year-old man, was arrested and charged with carjacking with a gun and battery, the sheriff’s office said. x
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