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Bradner's cell phone has fallen on the pavement, just out of camera range. the thieves find it, pick it up, and drive by him as he's walking back to the bar. >> the guys come circling around and said, you want your phone back? give us the shotgun. and i was just still really upset, so i bashed the window out with the gun, knowing that, you know, the police could -- couldite it a lot easier. that way. >> after smashing in one of the car windows, bradner loses any chance to get back his cell phone. he races back to the bar with the shotgun in hand to call the police and report the incident. >> n...

I mean, it was pretty amazing. what surprised me is how quickly the guy reacted, the victim, and how quickly he thought to take the gun away. it's not something i certainly would recommend. >> bradner also says he doesn't recommend that others take such a risk. but he can't say he would take his own advice. >> i'm just one of those people, you get me in a corner, and i'm gonna to fight back. and i don't -- maybe not wise enough to, you know, try some other kind of tactic. >> investigators released the video to news stations and request the public's assistance in identifying the man. 16-year-ol...

5:00 in the morning when there's not a lot of people on the street. people have a little bit to drink, their defenses come down. >> many of the neighbors here have installed security cameras outside their houses. >> we actually created a little network on our street. so our cameras are tied in to each other. so it's not like that it stops crime, but it certainly -- there's a number of times we've seen things on there and turned over the footage to the police department. >> at 5:00 a.m., brad in your leaves the bar. the neighborhood security cameras record him walking down burgundy street. >> i...

Of a shotgun. >> and my first thought was, you don't know if somebody's going to shoot you, then rob you. he just said, "give me the money." i didn't have any money. >> in this terrifying moment, he spots something -- >> i noticed he had a pistol grip right up to his face. growing up around guns, i was like that's not how you hold a gun. i just sensed the fact that he was an amateur. you're messing with the wrong guy. >> instinctively bradner swaps the gun aside and grabs it. >> by the time his mind realizes what's going on, i already have the gun. >> the would-be robber turns and flees with b...