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Clerk Exchanges Shots With Robber At Neighborhood Store

Reward Being Offered For Arrest

POSTED: Monday, December 27, 2004

Shots were fired during a robbery at a Hamtramck store Sunday afternoon, police said.

Police said a pair of masked men entered Sam's Market and ordered customers to the ground while one of them fired shots in the air.
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"We could have had dead bodies everywhere," said Detective Jacqueline Crachiola, of the Hamtramck Police Department.

One of the men allegedly hopped over the counter and entered an office in back of the store, Local 4 reported.

At some point, the store clerk reportedly started wrestling with the gunman behind the counter.

The robbers fled the store with an undisclosed amount of money, but one of the men returned and took aim at the clerk, police said.

A bullet pierced a copy machine and another grazed the collar of the clerk's jacket, the station reported.

Police said the clerk then pulled out a gun and fired back at the robber.

No one was injured during the gunfire, but customers were upset that the nearly 30-year-old market was targeted.

"It's bad for it to happen here because we're here every day," said Bernadette Gallus, a customer.

Crachiola said the owners of the market take care of the people in the community.

"They know them all by heart," she said.

The detective said the owners are now considering moving the store out of Hamtramck.

Police are offering a reward for an arrest. Anyone with information is asked to call the Hamtramck Police Department at (313) 876-7800.

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