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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are investigating after an armed robbery at a gas station.
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According to an MPD news release, officers were called to the Chevron in the 1200 block of Springhill Avenue around 3 a.m. on Oct. 7 for a report of a robbery.
Officers said when they arrived, they found that a man had approached the victim with a handgun and demanded his items.
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The victim allegedly gave the man his items, and when he went to walk away, the man fired a shot in his direction…