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Clerk killed during liquor store robbery
Posted: 12.05.2009 at 2:00 PM
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Police say the 21-year-old clerk was shot in the stomach and buttocks and died at the scene

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ATLANTA -- A store clerk was fatally shot at an east Atlanta liquor store Friday night, reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Atlanta police Det. Lt. Keith Meadows told the AJC that a man walked into the Moreland Package Store just before 10 p.m., pulled a pistol, and demanded money.  Police say the 21-year-old clerk was shot in the stomach and buttocks and died at the scene. 

The gunman ran away but was arrested a short time later.

Read more about the fatal shooting in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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