Gas Station Clerk Fires At Robbers

Cincinnati, Ohio

From the August 18, 2008 Cincinnati Enquirer:

SAYLER PARK - A 22-year-old Sunoco gas station clerk fired at three men as they ran out of the store after one of them allegedly took a case of beer and pulled out a gun, police said.

The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sunoco gas station, 6340 River Rd., Cincinnati police said.

Three men came into the store and one of them took a case of Budweiser without paying and pulled out a gun, police said.

The clerk, Hanny Ashishi, 22, fired a shot as they ran out, police said this morning.

One of the suspects, Larry Clay, 19, of Delhi Township, was grazed in the head with glass and suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said. An initial police report said the man was grazed by a bullet.

Clay was charged with one count of theft, a police report shows.

Two accomplices also were charged.

Joseph Phillips, 20, and Joshua Brauer, 19, also of Delhi Township, were booked into the Hamilton County jail charged of theft and receiving stolen property, jail officials said this morning.