Dallas, Texas

From the Dallas Morning News of August 8, 2006

Suspect wounded in store robbery attempt

A man trying to rob a store was shot and wounded by the store clerk in southeast Dallas on Monday night, police said.

The shooting took place about 9 p.m. at Mr. C's Food Mart in the 3700 block of Simpson Stuart Road.

A man walked into the store, grabbed a box of candy bars and demanded money, police said. The clerk pulled a gun and chased him out of the store, firing and hitting him. The man collapsed on the sidewalk across the street.

He was taken to a Dallas hospital, where he was in serious condition, police said.