Halethorpe restaurant owner shot confronting intruders

THIS MORNING━ A RESTAURANTOWNER IS RECOVERING AFTER HEWAS SHOT EARLIER IN THE WEEK.POLICE SAY THREE MEN BROKEINTO HIS RESTAURANT AND SHOTHIM.

WMA━2 NEWS ERINMACPHERSON JOINS US LIVE FROMTHE SHOPPING CENTER INHALETHORPE WHERE THISHAPPENED... ERIN, HAVE POLICECAUGHT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLEFOR THE SHOOTING?POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FORTHOSE THREE MEN BUT THERESTAURANT WAS OPEN AT THETIME━ SO THERE WERE SEVERALEMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS INSIDEWHO SAW AND HEARD WHATHAPPENED.

HAVING WITNESSES ISALWAYS HELPFUL FOR POLICE.

ITALL HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 11P━M ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

POLICESAY THREE MEN FORCED THEIR WAYTHROUGH THE BACK DOOR OF THESALVADORIAN BAR AND RESTAURANT━ 15 DE SEPTEMBRE INHALETHORPE━ AND CAME INTO THEKITCHEN WHEN THE OWNERCONFRONTED THEM.

ONE OF THEMEN SHOT THE OWNER AND THEYALL TOOK OFF.

WE TALKED WITHONE MAN WHO COMES TO THE AREAREGULARLY TO GET HIS HAIR CUT━ HE THINKS THERE'S A GREATERLEVEL OF GANG VIOLENCE MOVINGIN.

SOT John Littleton/Brooklyn 9:05“It becomes adangerous environment andlater at night when the lightsgo out and the stores close,itpeople not looking to beupstanding so it becomes atoxic environment where peoplecan get caught in thecrosshairs of some dangerousbehavior” IN MAY OF LASTYEAR, THERE WAS A SHOOTOUT INTHE PARKING LOT━ WHICH LEFTA 78 YEAR OLD WOMAN DEAD WHOHAD BEEN SELLING FROZEN TREATSTO CHILDREN ON THE SIDEWALK INFRONT OF THE SAVEMART IN THESAME SHOPPING CENTER IF YOUHAVE ANY INFORMATION CALLMETRO CRIME STOPPERS AT1━86━━LOCKUP.

A ━ THOUSANDDOLLAR REWARD IS BEING OFFEREDFOR ANY INFORMATION LEADING TOAN ARREST IN THIS CASE.

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