The robbery took place at a Shell gas station in Auburn, Washington state, on Saturday at 5.41pm. It began when the two teens entered the gas station and took two pepperoni sticks from the register while the cashier was in the back. When the cashier, who is a married father-of-three with young kids, tried to get an adult they were with to pay for the pepperoni sticks, an argument ensued and he walked out from behind the cash register to confront them on the shop floor. After being given a $1 bill from one of the teens, the cashier began making his way back round to the other side of the register but collapsed before he could make it.