Surveillance videos shows two masked men barging into the Exxon gas station on Passaic Avenue -- one with a shotgun and one with a glock -- Tuesday night around 11 p.m.
An employee was pistol-whipped and shoved to the ground while the suspects grabbed cash out of the register.
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The night manager said he saw it all unfold on security cameras, so he came running out of the back.
The suspects shoved a shotgun in his chest, and that's when he tried to fight back.
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"I basically tried to hit the gun's barrel with my right wrist and I was actually able to move that gun barrel to his throat, and in the meanwhile I'm trying to put the struggle, I guess he just pushed me hard and lost my balance and I fall on the ground, and while that happened, he put the barrel of the shotgun on my chest again," Ozzie Shahzad said.
Shahzad said that's when he was pistol-whipped, leaving him with a gash on his head. He says the suspects stole about $1,000 in cash.
"I tried to take over and tried to take his gun which a lot of folks would not suggest doing that but I took that chance," he said.
He said the gas station across the street was hit about two weeks ago in a similar way. Police have not yet released suspect descriptions or said if they believe there is a connection.
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