When a man wielding a sword attempted to rob a store in Moses Lake, Wash., the 89-year-old owner used a golf club to strike the suspect.

An 89-year-old storeowner in Moses Lake, Wash., used a golf club to fight off a robbery suspect who was armed with a sword on Sunday morning, the Spokane (Wash.)-based KREM 2 News reported.

Police said the suspect entered Frank’s Superette with a sword. He managed to get away with a cash register and rode off on a BMX bike according to witnesses. During the ordeal, the storeowner said she struck the man with a golf club.  Her son said she was not injured and later recovered the cash register, KREM reported.

Miyo Koba has owned the business for 60 years, and said she found the man standing behind the cash register on Sunday, KREM reported.

“I had the scissors in my hand like this, and he was trying to open the till, and he said, ‘Open the till!’ I said, “No I’m not going to open the till for you’, and I said, ‘If you don’t get your hands off the till, I’m gonna stab you with the scissors.’ But I didn’t. I didn’t have the nerve to stab him,” said Koba.

Koba said the man became irritated after she would not help him get money out of the register for him, KREM reported.

“He started pounding on the register trying to open it because I wouldn’t do it for him,” said Koba. “He pulled out his little sword out of his little jacket, and he just kind of waved it a little bit.”

Police said the blade of the sword extended three feet, KREM reported.

“I didn’t feel threatened.  It just probably made me a little bit more brave,” said Koba.

Koba said the man pushed her slightly to get away, KREM reported.

“I fell down here and so I got into a sitting position. I got into a sitting position and I found the club so I went tried to swing this club at him and I tried to hit his head a couple times but I couldn’t reach it,” said Koba.

Koba said she hit the man’s legs. The suspect apparently took off his clothing after leaving the store. Koba said the man was tall and slender, wearing a ski mask and dark sunglasses. Police said they recovered the man’s clothing later, KREM reported.

“He must have been running around in his underwear and no shoes because that’s what they said, they found all his clothes,” said Koba.

Police are still searching for the man, KREM reported.

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