Milwaukee security guard attacked, shot on the job by alleged robber
MILWAUKEE - Blindsided, beaten and shot, a Family Dollar security guard is talking about the night he almost died on the job.
David Chapel-Stoltz is grateful for every step after nearly losing his life last month.
"I just remember being on the ground and having a spiritual moment," said Chapel-Stoltz.
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Chapel-Stoltz said he was working security at the Family Dollar near 35th and Garfield when he was attacked on Jan. 29. The attacker blindsided him.
"I just saw black. I saw black because I got hit in the face with a crowbar," Chapel-Stoltz said. "He ended up taking my own gun and shooting me with my own gun, and then they robbed the Family Dollar."
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Milwaukee police at Family Dollar shooting scene near 35th and Garfield
First responders rushed Chapel-Stoltz to a hospital.
"Somehow the gun wound went here all the way through here," he said. "Thank the Lord it only hit a piece of my colon, and they only had to sew it up a little bit and there was no internal bleeding."
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Chapel-Stoltz said he has fallen on hard times because he is unable to work. He is working to get back on his feet and promises to live a full life.
"I wish everybody just kind of thinks before they do something. You don’t know how it's going to affect someone's life in the long run," said Chapel-Stoltz. "I don't know what I'm going to look forward to in life, but I hope it's good and this doesn't affect me a long time."
In support of Chapel-Stoltz, an online fundraising campaign has been launched through GoFundMe.
At last check Milwaukee police do not have anyone in custody in connection to the crime.