Teenagers rob shop after clerk collapses after heart attack in Auburn, Washington police say

AUBURN, Wash. –

One man and two teenagers left an employee who was suffering a heart attack dead, but not before taking care of the crate and other items in the Auburn, Washington store.

"It's hot, it breaks our heart," store manager Angela Sharapova told KOMO. "We can not believe that this has happened."

It was just after 5:30 pm when a man and two teenagers entered a Shell station on Auburn Way South. One of the teenagers grabbed a stick of pepperoni and started eating it, then grabbed a second one and handed it to the other teenager. As the man went to pay for an item, the clerk apparently tried to charge him for the two sticks of pepperoni and a fight ensued, the police said.

One of the teenagers gave $ 1 to the clerk. At this point, the clerk was upset and went to the teens to talk to them. After speaking with the boys, the employee turns around and collapses on the floor with an apparent medical problem.

"He was saying," It's wrong and you have to pay for it. "And at that point, he came back behind the counter and that's when it's off. "Is collapsed," said Sharapova.

But instead of asking for help, the teenager gets back the $ 1 bill and all three leave the store. The two teenagers return a few times to steal cigarettes and take cash at the cash desk, the police said, while ignoring the unconscious floor clerk. Sharapova says teens earned $ 178.

"Enter and exit three times, while he is on the floor in agony," Sharapova said.

Three minutes went by until another client arrived and discovered the ground clerk.

"He asked people who were outside the pump to call 911. He rushed inside and started performing CPR on the (clerk) ), "said Sharapova. "I do not know who these people are, but they are the real angels."

The clerk was taken to a hospital in Auburn where he is still alive but alive.

"It just breaks our hearts," Sharapova said. "Now this guy is fighting for his life, he has three grandchildren, he has a housewife, we just pray God does it."

The Auburn Police asks if you recognize any of the three in the video to call their counsel line at (253) 288-7403.