PHOENIX (AP) - A person standing outside a Phoenix hardware store shot and wounded a store employee while trying to shoot a shoplifting suspect being chased by the employee, police said Saturday.
The shoplifting suspect who had run from the store was gone when police arrived while the person who shot the employee remained at the scene and was cooperating with police, said Sgt. Mercedes Fortune, a Police Department spokeswoman.
The employee was taken to a hospital for treatment of a serious wound not considered life-threatening, Fortune said.
No identities were released.
Fortune said police were continuing to investigate the incident.
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