Auburn Hills, Michigan

From the Detroit Free Press of January 27, 2006

Would-be robber flees when he's shown a pistol

A man who tried to rob an Auburn Hills market Wednesday -- by claiming he had a gun and demanding money from a clerk -- was thwarted by a store manager with a pistol, police said.

City police have not caught the would-be robber, who ran when he saw the gun.

Police said he was described as 6 feet 2, with shoulder-length black hair, wearing a black jacket, blue pants and white running shoes.

He had entered Harry's Market, at Opdyke Road and Walton Boulevard, at about 8 a.m., implied he had a handgun and demanded money, police said.