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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A store manager who tackled a customer as he ran out of the store with a stolen gun and ammunition has been fired by Academy Sports, reports the CBS affiliate here, WCTV. Dean Crouch worked at the Academy Sports store in Tallahassee.

The National Rifle Association says Crouch is a "hero."

"My employee yelled, 'Stop that man!"' Dean Crouch said of the June 29 incident. "I turned and looked and saw Mr. White running from the gun bar toward the front of the store with a firearm in his hand. At the front door is where I stopped him. I tackled him to the ground. We apprehended him and detained him. We secured the firearm."

Crouch says he was suspended for a week and then fired via conference call. He has e-mailed the company asking them to reconsider.

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Here's the fellow he stopped and for whom he got fired.

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The police report says White told the officer someone had threatened his family and kids. "I stole and I admit to it," the report says White told police. "I will steal again when I get out of jail."

White repeatedly said he would shoot someone, according to the police report, and that they'd see him on the evening news. "Just you wait and see," White is said to have remarked.

Court records show White was released from jail on bond on July 6. Court documents indicate he is on "Supervised Mental Health Pre-Trial Release" and has been ordered to stay away from Academy Sports and Cash America Pawn – from which he is accused of stealing a gun earlier the same day.

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I do not have an Academy in my community, but if I did I would call and tell them I would never shop there again. As it I will call their customer service number (1 888 922 2336) and deliver a similar message.