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Dayton Store Clerk Killed During Robbery Attempt

Posted: 5:50 am EDT August 12, 2008Updated: 7:33 pm EDT August 12, 2008

A 33-year-old Dayton man died after being shot early Tuesday morning in a robbery attempt. Police said the gunfire happened around 1 a.m. at the Kwik N Kold Drive-Thru on Prescott Avenue.

The victim is an immigrant from Morocco, who's name has not been released. The Montgomery County Coroner's Office is still trying to get in touch with his family.

Police said it looks like the shooting happened as two employees prepared to close the store and head home. Investigators said one employee went out the door and headed for his car. Then the second employee walked out.

RAW 911 Call Of Drive-Through Shooting

Officers said that's when a man walked up to that employee and confronted him. Dayton Police Lt. Robert Mannix said, "This suspect asked the employee where the money was and said to give him the money."

Mannix said when the man wasn't satisfied with the answer, he opened fire.

Officers said the man fired three or four shots, hitting the employee. Paramedics rushed him to Good Samaritan Hospital where doctors stabilized him. He was later transferred to Miami Valley Hospital where he died.

Detectives from the homicide squad and the robbery squad are working the case.

Police said the gunman did not escape with any money. The gunman was described as a black male about 6 '1" tall and weighing about 170 pounds. Officers believe he was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and a white t-shirt.

If you have any information on this shooting, contact Dayton police at 333-COPS.

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