Craver declined to comment; however, according to what Pointer was told by his employee, when the gun was put to her head, Craver heard what sounded like BBs rattling inside it.

"She was by herself, putting cigarettes in the office. They came in with masks on. She didn't even see them. One came in the office. The other tried to open the till," Pointer said.

The one that followed Craver into the office put the gun to her head and told her not to turn around.

"But she turned her head. He said, 'Are you scared?' and she said she was pissed off because he had a BB gun to her head," Pointer said.

The employee was struck twice with the gun before the two men left the store, one from the front door and one from the rear of the store.

At about the same time, between 8:30 and 9 p.m., Anchor Point resident Lyle Dahl pulled up to the front of The Warehouse.

"I was just getting out of my pickup to go in and get something, and some guy came out the door with a box in his hand that he was fiddling around with," Dahl said. "He had a white handkerchief around his face. It kind of caught me by surprise. I didn't know what was going on."

The individual with the handkerchief around his face and second male, who left the building by a back door according to Dahl, left the area on a side road.

"The next thing Dahl knew, Craver came outside on the phone, calling the cops," Dahl said. "Supposedly the guy had hit her in the head twice with the pistol."

Dahl, who was unaware the men had a gun, jumped in his truck and followed the two individuals as far as he could.

"I caught up with them and jumped out of the truck, but it was too late. They'd jumped over a snow berm," said Dahl, who gave up his pursuit at that point since he was only wearing house slippers on his feet.

In the 50 years Pointer has been in business, he has been held up twice, but never injured. This is the first time one of his employees has present during a break-in.

"(Craver) got it worse than anyone I've ever been around," Dahl said, adding, "But I never told anyone I was pissed off, either."

No damage was done to the store during the incident. Pointer is hoping the money inside the cash box will be returned, but that isn't all he wants.

"I hope they get them and get a conviction," he said.

Calls to the Alaska State Troopers had not been returned by late Thursday afternoon.

McKibben Jackinsky can be reached at mckibben.jackinsky@homernews.com.