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DOUGHNUT SHOP CLERK SHOOTS AT ARMED ROBBER.

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 Daily News Staff Writer

A doughnut shop clerk shot at a knife-wielding robber Wednesday after following him out of the store, sheriff's deputies said.

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 fired three shots when the robber - armed with a hunting knife - turned toward him, but none of the bullets appeared to have any effect and the robber rode off on a mountain bicycle bicycle, light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. , deputies said.

Deputies said the robber entered the Winchell's doughnut shop in the 100 block of East Avenue J about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, jumped over the counter and grabbed the clerk from behind, holding a hunting knife to his throat.

``He said he was going to cut his neck,'' said Lim Lee, the victim's wife. ``He said he wanted big money.''

After taking between $70 and $80 from the cash register, the robber removed the videotape videotape

Magnetic tape used to record visual images and sound, or the recording itself. There are two types of videotape recorders, the transverse (or quad) and the helical.
 from a security camera and ran out. As the robber left the store, the clerk grabbed a revolver revolver: see small arms.
revolver

Pistol with a revolving cylinder that provides multishot action. Some early versions, known as pepperboxes, had several barrels, but as early as the 17th century pistols were being made with a revolving chamber to
 and followed him outside, deputies said.

The robber was last seen pedaling south on Glenraven Avenue. Deputies searched the area but did not find the robber.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call the Lancaster sheriff's station at (805) 948-8466 or (805) 948-COPS.
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Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Jan 1, 1998
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