Awesome stuff....some would say... "God works in mysterious ways...."
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Martial arts experts acting as Good Samaritans foiled an armed robbery at a hotel in Los Angeles.
The incident happened at a Comfort Inn on the 300 block of North Vermont Avenue on Wednesday.
According to Los Angeles police, a man with a backpack walked into the hotel lobby at about 11:40 p.m. He approached the lone clerk, asked about the price of a room, and then pointed a gun at him and demanded money.
Fearing he may be shot, the clerk complied with the suspect's demands, opened the register and gave him money.
At this point, two martial arts experts, who were guests at the hotel, entered the lobby. They were visiting Los Angeles from Oregon for a martial arts tournament.
They heard the clerk's cry for help and immediately jumped into action. The two grabbed the suspect, wrestled the gun away from him, took him down to the ground and held him until officers arrived.
The suspect was identified as 31-year-old Luis Rosales of Los Angeles. Officers found a loaded 9 mm handgun and cash taken from the hotel register in Rosales' backpack. He was booked for armed robbery with a firearm with bail set at $101,250.
