‘Armed’ Bank Robber Demanded Cash From Teller, Then Targeted a Customer. Moments Later, He Was Unconscious.

A man reportedly entered a U.S. Bank location in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday where he pointed a gun at a teller and demanded cash. However, the bank robber’s plan was ultimately thwarted — not by responding police officers, but by a brave customer who took action and neutralized the suspect.

Des Moines police said a customer — who thought he was just depositing cash that day — knocked the gun out of the suspect’s hand and then put him in a chokehold until officers arrived at the bank.

The good Samaritan held him so tightly in the chokehold that the robber actually passed out, according to KCCI-TV.

The robbery suspect, identified as Laymon English, 48, apparently got greedy and tried to steal money from the gutsy customer. Moments later, he was disarmed and on the ground. As it turned out, the gun was apparently not real.

Police arrived to find English unconscious — but alive — on the floor. He was transported to the hospital and is expected to fully recover.

Sgt. Jason Halifax, a spokesman for the Des Moines Police Department, told the Des Moines Register, "It's an arrest that any person has the right to make by Iowa Code to detain him until law enforcement arrives."

English will likely face first degree robbery charges when he is released form the hospital, WHO-TV reports.