Chick-Fil-A Worker Praised For Stopping Alleged Carjacking of Woman With a Baby

By Amber Jo Cooper

Published Sep. 15, 2022, 10:41 a.m. ET | Updated Sep. 15, 2022

FORT WALTON BEACH (FLV) – A Chick-Fil-A worker is being praised after helping a woman with a baby who was allegedly being carjacked.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a man with a stick attempted to grab car keys from a woman with a baby outside Chick-fil-A on Beal Parkway and got into her car.

The Chick-Fil-A location identified the hero as Mykel Gordon, according to ABC 3. Gordon jumped into action after hearing the woman screaming and tackled the man, as seen in the video:

In reference to the FWB Chick-fil-A employee who ran to help a woman with a baby who was being carjacked, we want to say a sincere thank you to Ms. Kelner for providing video of a portion of the encounter. (see prior post). A major shout-out to this young man for his courage! pic.twitter.com/2Lcwe46azv
— OkaloosaSheriff (@OCSOALERTS) September 14, 2022

"This is the HERO!"

The @ChickfilA location identified the employee as Mykel Gordon. "At Chick-fil-A our mission is to 'Serve' and today Mykel took it further……to 'Save.'" @weartv pic.twitter.com/ox9UbjDatB
— Olivia Iverson (@OliviaIversonTV) September 14, 2022