Clerk Shot After Complying With Gunman
Victim Taken To Hospital With Non-Life-Threatening Injuries
POSTED: Monday, December 21, 2009
UPDATED: 6:21 pm EST December 21, 2009
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ORLANDO, Fla. -- An Orlando video game store clerk was shot Monday even though he or she complied with an armed robber's demands, deputies said.
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According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office, a man entered the Game Stop, located at 2781 N. Hiawassee Road, at about 10:15 a.m., pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the clerk.A preliminary investigation shows that the clerk gave the culprit money and video games, but he still shot the clerk in the lower torso, deputies said.The clerk was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.The assailant was described as a black man about 6 feet tall, about 225 to 245 pounds and 35 to 40 years. He was wearing baggy blue jeans, a dark-colored scarf over his face and a black Nike baseball hat.Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story. Copyright 2009 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and ClickOrlando.com.
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