Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Clerks Control Guns, Shoot Armed Robbers

Three Oklahoma City pawn shop clerks repelled an attempted armed robbery with a barrage of gunfire, shooting two would-be robbers and scaring off a third.

All three would-be robbers were later arrested by police, two of them in a hospital emergency room where they sought treatment for multiple gunshot wounds.

The shoot-out began when the three would-be robbers entered Joe's Pawn & Bargain Center in northeast Oklahoma City. One produced a gun and held it to one clerk's head; two others began smashing a display case.

One clerk pulled his concealed 9mm semi-automatic and shot one robber in the shoulder and arm. Another clerk pulled his concealed handgun and shot a second robber, with bullet fragments hitting the robber in the back of the head.

The gunfire sent the robbers fleeing on foot. In-store video of the gun battle was aired on KWTV-Channel 9.

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