7-Eleven clerk assaulted during attempted robbery in Warren

Police are investigating after a clerk at a 7-Eleven store was assaulted during an attempted robbery Friday morning in Warren.

The attempted robbery happened at about 2:45 a.m. at the store on Dequindre Road near East 11 Mile Road.

A man walked into the store asking the clerk for change when he pulled out a weapon and attacked the clerk, according to authorities.

The thief did not get away with anything, but the clerk did suffer minor injuries.

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