Det. Chase McKeown and his wife Officer Nicole McKeown, both officers with the Elizabethtown Police Department, were off-duty and eating at the restaurant Saturday located near Louisville’s Mid City Mall, CBS affiliate WLKY-TV reported.
A masked man then entered the restaurant around 10 p.m., displayed a gun, and demanded cash from the restaurant employees.
"We just looked at each other. 'Is this what's going on?' Let's go," Chase McKeown said in an interview with WLKY-TV. "Instincts took over and we just did like we felt we needed to do."
Surveillance video shows the McKeowns pull their guns and run towards the armed man, demanding he drop his weapon.
The robber dropped his gun and ran out of the restaurant, but was followed by the McKeowns. They were able to catch and detain the suspect before on-duty Louisville officers arrived.
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