An 8-year-old girl came to her dad’s rescue while he was working at a Twin Cities liquor store and beat an armed robber with a baseball bat as her father won a fight for the weapon, according to police.

The pint-sized heroics late Saturday at Big Discount Liquors in Maplewood resulted in the arrest and a first-degree robbery charge being filed Monday against Conchobhar Joseph Morrell, 37, of St. Paul.