talking about how he fought the attackers >> thinking that i was going to die >> that is when perry pearce said he did what he had to starting around 645 this morning heading to work when the two men confronted him demanding open his safe 20 minutes he struggled with two masked attackers >> got into the back of the car said there were going to cut my years of i said please do not kill me do not kill me take my money >> once inside the home perry pearce able to battle back to grabbing one of their sons and firing >> stake big mistake dropped the pistol to the ground i was able to match it up and do what i had to do i promise you he was going to kill me and my family >> one attacker died the other managed to run off i know i saved myself and my family >> perry pearce lived in englewood for 25 years neighbors say stunned by the attempted robbery not surprised surveillance cameras and their proper weather but none of that kept the bad guys away >> we did notice a rash of burglaries going on in the southern district and what this was the first time there were at home and actually did something