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Pawnshop Workers Open Fire On Would-Be Robbers
Wounded Man Arrested; Second Person Sought
POSTED: 6:53 pm EST November 26, 2007
UPDATED: 12:48 pm EST November 27, 2007
INDIANAPOLIS -- Employees of an Indianapolis pawnshop fired guns at two would-be robbers Monday morning, and a suspect was arrested after arriving at a hospital with a gunshot wound, police said.Police weren't sure whether the arrestee, Nurdeen Anderson, was shot at the pawnshop, but they said they believe he was one of the two men who tried to rob it.
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Authorities said two men armed with handguns entered the Universal Gold and Silver pawnshop at 4320 E. 10th St. at about 11:30 a.m. and tried to rob it.Police late Monday released surveillance video of the incident. A wide-angle shot showed that the men jumped a counter before turning and running out when shots were fired at them.Two employees in the store shot at the men, police said. On camera, the workers are seen grabbing their guns -- a .40-caliber Glock and .44-caliber Magnum -- both of which police took as evidence.About 20 minutes after the incident, Anderson, 26, arrived at Methodist Hospital with a gunshot wound to the neck, police said.A female who took him to the hospital told officers that Anderson had been shot in or near the 1600 block of College Avenue, several blocks to the northwest of the pawnshop.Police said Anderson, who was treated at the hospital, matched the description of one of the men who tried to rob the store, and they arrested him on a charge of attempted robbery. Information on his condition wasn't available.Authorities said they were trying to determine who the other would-be robber was.Police said they believe no charges would be filed against the pawnshop's employees.Police asked anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers of Central Indiana at 317-262-8477.
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