8-year-old girl beats armed thief with baseball bat after he tried to rob her father’s liquor store

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An 8-year-old girl beat an armed burglar with a baseball bat after he entered her father’s liquor store – and the entire incident was caught on film.

Leo, the store manager identified in reports only by his first name, closed his Minnesota liquor store on Saturday night, CBS News reports. Surveillance video shows a man police say is 37-year-old Conchobhar Morrell entering the store with a realistic-looking air rifle.

“(Morell) put the gun on the table and asked me to give him all the money and everything in the register. I told him, yes – I’ll give you everything,” Leo told CBS News.

Leo told Morrell he would give him as much money as he wanted and that his only concern was his daughter, CBS News reported.

Morell then went behind the counter where Leo’s 8-year-old daughter was with the air rifle in her hand. Leo immediately intervened, punching and knocking the suspect to the ground.

“I’m a father, I won’t let that happen,” Leo said.

When Leo attacked him, the child came out from behind the counter with a baseball bat. As the video shows, she hit Morrell multiple times before running away.

“That day, I just wanted to cry,” Leo told CBS News. “When I saw the video, I didn’t expect her to do something like that. I expected a little girl crying and screaming.”

“I’m so proud of her, she’s so strong,” he continued.

Morrell is currently in custody and is due to appear in court on Friday morning. He is accused of attempted aggravated robbery.

The video also showed Morrell wearing a blue Amazon vest. He worked for a third-party company that delivered packages for Amazon, CBS News reported. An Amazon spokesperson told the outlet he would be “terminated immediately.”