Madera Clerk Shot in Hold up is Recovering

Madera, CA, USA It happened at "Harry's Liquor and Gas" on gateway drive on Monday. A surveillance camera photo shows a masked gunman entering the store. He shot the clerk and escaped with cash. The clerk was hospitalized but is now recovering at home.

That holdup came less than a week after the robbery of the Circle K store just north of the city. Surveillance video shows two suspects robbing the store. One had a gun.

Erica Stewart from the Madera Co. Sheriff's Dept. said, "They took off with four hundred dollars in cash, a box filled with personal checks as well as an untold number of lottery tickets."

The Sheriff's Department is investigating the Circle K holdup. Madera Police are handling the other robbery case.

They can't say whether the robberies are related. If you have any information on these robberies ... You're asked to contact Madera Police or the Madera Sheriff's Department.

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