Store Clerk Shoots Would-be Thief in Central Bakersfield

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Channel: 23ABC News | KERO · 2012 · News & Politics

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Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff's Office say a clerk shot a would-be thief as he tried to rob his store.

It all happened on south union at price in central Bakersfield at the Union Market.

Deputies say two black men wearing masks came into store about 8:30 p.m. Thursday.  The men held two clerks by gun point, one suspect even hitting one of those clerks in the head.

Investigators say during the robbery the clerk fired and struck one of the suspects.  It's unclear tonight where that man was hit.  De

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