India, Nov. 19 -- Stephanie Dilyard, a former 7-Eleven night clerk in Tulsa, was fired after shooting a man who, she says, tried to strangle her when she refused to accept a counterfeit $100 bill.

According to KTUL, the ordeal began just before midnight on a Thursday when the suspect, later identified as 59-year-old Kenneth Thompson, threatened her life. "He threatened me . said he was gonna slice my head off," Dilyard told reporters. When he grabbed her around the neck and pushed her out from behind the counter, she pulled out her firearm and shot him.

Thompson then fled, called 911, and was later arrested when seeking treatment at a hospital.

Dilyard had worked alone at the 7-Eleven from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. for over two years, accordin...