MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A would-be robber quickly realizes he tried to knock off the wrong store in Miramar.
According to police, John Philippe, 34, walked into a Sunoco gas station at Desoto Drive and Pembroke Road and started fighting with the clerk.
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“He was on top of him, beating him down. So Eddy do what he got to do,” said a witness.
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Investigators said the clerk pulled a gun from his waistband and shot Philippe. Police say the clerk has a concealed weapons permit.
The injured Philippe ran two blocks to a home where he tried to get help. The police were called and Philippe was taken to the hospital. Police said the gunshot wound was non-life-threatening.
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He’s been charged with burglary and burglary with assault.
