A restaurant owner in a Chicago suburb was confronted by an armed robber but he survived the encounter after crying out to God.

The owner of Arepa Express, which is located on Lake Street in the Melrose Park neighborhood, had a handgun pointed at him by an unmasked robber on May 12, per a report from WFLD-TV.

“I thought he was going to shoot me,” the unnamed owner said.

“When someone pulls out a gun, it’s because they’re going to use it. I thought, ‘God help me.’”

Video of the incident was caught on security cameras and posted on social media by WLS-TV.

A terrifying suburban robbery was caught on camera. https://t.co/8IK3iQvv0E pic.twitter.com/uDZaPYP91N

— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) May 19, 2026

The owner described that the alleged thief first came to the restaurant to eat.

He ordered food, left the restaurant, and returned multiple times asking to use the restroom.

“After the third time he returns. He takes out his gun and points it at me and threatened to kill me,” the owner described.

“I don’t wish that experience on anybody.”

The robber allegedly left with $10,000 in jewelry, including the owner’s 18-karat Gucci chain, a bracelet, and a ring.

“It’s my graduation ring from when I graduated law school in 2014. It was a gift from my parents,” he said.

The owner of Arepa Express in Melrose Park was held at gunpoint & robbed last week by a man who he says he believes is from his community & country.

The man sat down to eat a meal then returned multiple times asking to use the bathroom before the robbery happened.

He didn’t… pic.twitter.com/91Ri32hltB

— Libs Of Chicago (@Libs_OfChicago) May 19, 2026

A customer called 911 after the alleged robber fled.

“He told me to get on the floor, so I did. After a few seconds, a customer came over to help me get up and tell me that he was gone,” the owner recounted.

The owner of the restaurant is originally from Venezuela.

He told WFLD-TV that the robbery was especially hard to process not only because of the sentimental value of the ring, but because the robber seemed to be from the same community and nation.

“I’ve been a resident for eight years now and it’s always a shame when it’s your own people doing these crimes.”

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Honda Motors reported its first annual loss in nearly 70 years, which came as a result of an emphasis on electric cars.

The Japan-based car company has been listed on the stock market since 1957, but the combination of electric vehicle bets and Trump trade policies led to its first-ever year in the red.

“EV demand has declined considerably, due to the rollback of environmental regulations in the U.S. and other factors,” Honda said in a statement, per a report from Fox Business.

The company faces $9 billion in restructuring costs because of the lackluster electric vehicle demand.

It suffered a $2.7 billion loss in the past fiscal year, according to a report from the Associated Press.

Honda was hit with $9 billion in restructuring costs based on low electric vehicle demand and President Donald Trump’s “Made in America” policies. https://t.co/xlXb8VndfW

— KTVU (@KTVU) May 19, 2026

Honda Motors CEO Toshihiro Mibe confirmed that it would scrap a previous target to make electric vehicles account for 20 percent of profits by 2030.

Total losses from electric vehicles are expected to hit $16 billion.

“We will continue our research to develop future technologies including electric vehicle batteries,” Mibe remarked, per Fox Business.

“We will get back on a growth track.”

The company will still set a goal of carbon neutrality.

Honda managed to cut their losses with growth in their motorcycle business unit.

It sold 20 million more motorcycles in the past fiscal year than the previous year.

Honda Motor posted its first annual loss in nearly 70 years as a listed company, hit by more than $9 billion in costs to restructure its electric-vehicle business, and the firm scrapped its long-term EV sales target https://t.co/oM92S3x1uW pic.twitter.com/ZKMdljCuGq

— Reuters (@Reuters) May 14, 2026

The Associated Press noted that Trump administration rollbacks of policies encouraging electric vehicle adoption contributed to the Honda losses.

The White House has withheld funds for states trying to create more charging stations, as well as blocked California from imposing an electric vehicle mandate.

Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump on automotive parts were initially 25 percent, but were lowered to 15 percent.

The tariffs diminished profit margins for Honda.

Despite its current woes, Honda is still expected to pull a $1.7 billion profit for the fiscal year ending in March 2027, per Fox Business.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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