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Cambridge Store Owner Opens Fire on Armed Robber

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CAMBRIDGE, Md.- Police are investigating the early Tuesday evening robbery of a store in Cambridge that led to shots being fired by the owner of the business.

Cambridge police said that at around 6:24 p.m., officers were dispatched to a reported armed robbery that had occurred at Webster's Store at 810 Race St.

Officers met with the store owner who stated that he and a female customer were standing in front of the business when two unknown male suspects approached them and forced them back into the store.

According to police, one of the suspects displayed a handgun and pointed it at the owner and the customer. Once inside the store, the suspects demanded money. Police said the owner went to the cash register and pulled out cash and gave it to the suspect with the gun. When armed suspect requested more money, police said the owner reached into the register and pulled out a handgun and fire several rounds at him. Both suspects then ran out of the store with an undetermined amount of cash.

No detailed descriptions of the suspects are presently available. Anyone with additional information about this incident is asked to contact the Cambridge Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division at (410) 228-3333. 

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