STOCKTON (BCN) — A 44-year-old man was shot during a robbery in Stockton on Thursday afternoon, according to police.
The shooting was reported at 4:21 p.m. in the 500 block of South Sutter Street, where a male and female suspect approached the victim, pointed a gun at him and demanded his property, police said.
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One suspect took items from the victim’s pocket, and when the victim tried to take the gun from the other suspect, he was shot.
He was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries, which are not considered life-threatening, according to police.
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The suspects fled and remained at large as of Friday. Detailed descriptions of them were not immediately available from police.
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