DAYTON — Police are looking for three people who pulled a gun on employees after they were caught shoplifting inside a Shell convenience store Tuesday.
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Dayton officers were called to the gas station at 3613 North Main Street around 9:50 a.m. on initial reports of an armed robbery, according to dispatch records.
Three males were inside the store and were caught shoplifting. When workers approached them at least one of the suspects showed a gun before leaving the store, dispatch records indicate.
“Kid’s got a gun,” a 911 caller told dispatchers.
As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, dispatchers asked what the person was doing with the gun and the 911 caller told them, ‘He’s threatening us.”
Right across the street, Sam Issa watched the Dayton Police response while he was working at Main Tire and Auto.
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“I seen cops pull up over there to the gas station like almost six of them,” Issa said.
News Center 7′s John Bedell went to the Shell station on Tuesday afternoon and spoke to the owner. He didn’t want to talk on camera or show any security video, but he said he thought three guys looked like “kids” or teenagers.
The owner said they were shoplifting drinks when workers confronted them.
The 911 caller said at least two of them pulled guns before they took off.
The owner told News Center 7 that no one was hurt and they deal with something like this once every few weeks.
It was not known if the suspects were able to get away with items or cash from the convenience store.
The suspects took off in a black sedan that police are now looking for, according to dispatchers.
Issa was surprised to hear what happened.
“That Shell gas station is busy a lot and take care of everybody, but this is a beautiful neighborhood,” Issa said. “You know, I’ve been here 17 years and nobody hurt us. They treat us good and we treat them the same in return.”
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