A Kitty hardware store was yesterday robbed by three men and the now-traumatized owner was held at gunpoint and beaten.
Sixty-three-year-old Vick Saywack of Pike Street, Kitty, spoke to this newspaper about the incident. He said that the robbery occurred at minutes to eight in the morning. A man pulled up in a vehicle and exited with a blue gas cylinder. Saywack explained to the man that he had to open the grill of the shop to collect the cylinder, but as he was opening the grill, the man placed a gun to his temple. He was then told to lay face down on the floor, which he did.
Meanwhile, two other men entered and tied his hands and feet and placed tape over his mouth. He said that the three men then asked him where he kept the money, and he indicated to them the table containing the drawer where the shop’s money is kept. He said that he is unsure about how much money was in the drawer but the robbers, after checking, decided that it wasn’t enough.