Vietnam vet fights for his life & wallet at Auto Zone in Fresno California ! Pics & videos.

Vietnam veteran, 73, fights off 200lbs female mugger in lengthy attack at an auto parts store after shoppers fail to intervene

Victor Bejarano was attacked in parking lot of a Califronia auto parts store
200lbs woman assaulted 76-year-when he refused to hand over his wallet
Fight continued inside the store where no-body came to the aid of retiree
Eventually a witness called police and the would-be mugger fled in an SUV
By HANNAH PARRY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 19:54 EST, 22 October 2015 | UPDATED: 21:10 EST, 22 October 2015

Victor Bejarano visiting his local auto parts store in Fresno, California when he was set upon by the female mugger who demanded he hand over his wallet.

This is the dramatic moment an elderly veteran fought off a 200lbs woman who tried to steal his wallet.

Shocking surveillance footage shows the 5'8" attacker confront Bejarano in broad daylight as he walked to the entrance of the AutoZone, in East Belmont on Saturday morning.

But if she thought she had picked an easy target in the 73-year-old retiree, she had a surprise in store.

The Vietnam veteran refused to give up his wallet.

'In the beginning she told me, "You wouldn't hit a woman," and I said, "You're not a woman. I mean, you're attacking me,'' he told ABC 30 Action News.

Video shows the determined Bejarano defending himself against the would-be mugger as they grappled in the parking lot.

The fight continued inside the store where Bejarano tried to seek help from the tireless attack.

Incredibly, no-one came to the aid of the besieged California pensioner.

When the retired mechanic refused to give up his wallet, the pair fought with Bejarano determined to defend himself against the would-be mugger

They continued to grapple until eventually, one of the shoppers in the store announced they had called 911.

The woman walked back to her SUV and fled the scene.

'I got to tell you, she was pretty tough,' said Bejarano, who explained he had been reluctant to hit the woman but had been forced to do anything he could to get away from her.

'I didn't want to hit her. I didn't want to punch her. I didn't want to do none of that,' he added.

Police are now hunting for the woman who is described as being African American, in her twenties and around 5'8" tall, weighing 200lbs. She drove away in a green Ford Explorer SUV which was around 15 years old.

 While she fled the scene, the former mechanic stayed to pick up the part he needed to fix a friend's van.



Bejarano fought with everything he had to successfully stop his wallet being stolen.

But he said if she'd have simply asked appealed to his human side rather than trying to force him to hand over money with force, she would have had more luck.

'If she told me 'Hey, I have family I've got kids, I would've given her $10,' he said.