Gas station robbery suspect charged; no charges against clerk who shot him

Prosecutors have filed robbery and weapons charges against a convicted felon from Clinton Township who was shot by a clerk of a Mount Clemens gas station this week.

The 27-year-old suspect is named in a warrant charging him with three counts each of armed robbery and possession of a firearm while committing a felony, for the incident late Wednesday afternoon at the Mobil gas station on South Main Street, police said Friday. The suspect, whose name was not divulged by police pending his arraignment, also faces single counts of receiving and concealing a firearm, and being in possession of a gun as a convicted felon.

According to police, a masked man armed with a gun rushed into the gas station and demanded money from the clerk and at least two customers who were inside the building at the time.

The culprit stole money, cigarettes and lighters before he was gunned down, police said.

In a news release Friday afternoon, Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith said the robbery concluded when the defendant aimed his gun at the store clerk and pulled the trigger, resulting in an audible “click.” The clerk, fearing for his life and the lives of the gas station patrons, fired his own weapon at the defendant, striking him and causing him to fall to the ground just outside of the store door.

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