Pecan Sheller Fights Back Against Thief

LILLIAN, AL - An elderly business owner fights back when a man tries to rob him at gunpoint.

It happened yesterday morning around eleven at his small business just outside Lillian, Alabama.

Eighty year old Alex Broussard runs Alex's shelled pecans out of his home... He's been in business for nearly *25 years.

Alex says he works too hard to lose his profits to a crook.

Pecan after pecan is shelled then bagged at Alex Broussard's home based business.

He sells thousands of the nuts every year.

These are the best I've ever shelled.

He sees dozens of customers daily.

Sunday morning he got his first buyer of the day.

Between 20-30 well dressed dark hair, nice looking guy

The man was acting like a regular customer, standing just a couple of feet away from Alex, but then he demanded money. Alex told him the money was over here, so when the man looked away, Alex defended himself.

He turned his head, boy I jabbed him in the A**  HA-HA I used my knife.

The suspect grabbed his behind and ran off.

Man you talk about run, he took off screaming when on down the road don't know how far he went but he was gone.

Alex isn't normally armed, but he used what he could to protect his profits.

I used my knife to shell the pecans and I happened to have it in my hand which I'm glad I did.

Do you feel lucky today, HAHA what do you think, yea I do.

Lucky maybe, but never scared. He says protecting his property was the right thing to do.

The attempted robbery won't stop his business. After investigators left.

He went right back to work.

I hope they catch him, I have no wish for him to be really punished cause he didn't hurt me he was the one who got hurt.

Deputies are still looking for that man.

Alex says he really isn't giving the crime another thought.

He's too busy worrying about his upcoming wedding. He's eighty years old and preparing for his second marriage this weekend.