Hamtramck, Michigan



From Detroit’s ClickOnDetroit.com of December 27, 2004

Clerk Exchanges Shots With Robber At Neighborhood Store



Reward Being Offered For Arrest



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.



"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.