Two would-be victims fought back in Vicksburg this weekend, one stopping an attempted armed robbery at a convenience store and the other seeing friends track a man who was arrested as a purse thief.

The clerk at the Super Quick, 2700 Mission 66 at Alcorn Drive, told police that two men wearing dark clothing and masks entered the store around 10:30 Friday night. One waved a handgun and the other attempted to pull the cash register off the counter, Vicksburg police Lt. Bobby Stewart said Saturday.

“The clerk physically pushed him away and out the door, and both suspects fled on foot toward Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,” said Stewart.

No one was injured and nothing was taken in the attack, and police are continuing to investigate, he said.

At 6:30 a.m. Saturday, a woman reported that her Coach purse had been grabbed outside the McDonald’s at 2400 Clay St., Stewart said.

The victim and some friends, all passengers on a tour bus from Alabama that had stopped in Vicksburg, were eating outside the restaurant when a man approached and asked for a cigarette. While smoking, he grabbed the woman’s purse and ran east on Clay Street, Stewart said.

While police were called, one of the victim’s friends chased the man, keeping him in sight until officers arrived and arrested him, said the lieutenant

Madricus Funches, 23, 1199 Brushy Creek Road, Georgetown, was in the Warren County Jail. Bond was set at $25,000, Stewart said.

The purse with all its contents was recovered, he said.

In yet another strong-arm robbery in the city, around 3:30 p.m. Friday, a man reported that an acquaintance punched him in the mouth and stole $80 while the two were “hanging out” together in the 1500 block of Sky Farm Avenue, Stewart said.

The victim said the suspect at first made a gesture as if he had a weapon under his clothing and told him to turn over all his money. After the victim refused, the man struck him, took the money and fled.

Stewart said police identified the suspect but had not yet located him.