News in Brief: Texas Store Clerk Dodges a Bullet, Returns Fire

In an amazing old-school shoot-out, a store security camera captured the drama as a would-be burglar aimed a gun at the head of a convenience store cashier in Longview, Texas, and, with less than two feet between his weapon and his target, pulled the trigger. He didn't miss, she dodged.

At the very instant the bandit fired, the woman behind the counter leaned to the right, clearing the path of the projectile - at point-blank range.

She then grabbed her own pistol, kept under the counter for just such an occasion, and shot back. Unfortunately, she missed, as the thief (wisely) chose that moment to run away.