Kendrick Watson, a six-year Circle K clerk in Stow, was fired after shooting at robbery suspects although Stow police filed no charges and deemed it lawful. Several suspects arrived in two stolen minivans, rammed the storefront repeatedly and shattered the glass, then approached as Watson fired believing he and a coworker were in danger, also hitting a suspect vehicle, a fuel pump, and a canopy support. Officers arrested one person wearing a court-ordered ankle monitor, the store sits across from Stow Municipal Courthouse beside a freeway ramp, and Circle K cited its workplace gun ban.