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Clerk Shot at Convenience Store
Tampa Police is investigating and asking anyone with information to call the department.
UPDATED AT 10 P.M.
Tampa Police is investigating a shooting at Sam’s Food Mart at 4215 N.15th St.
The store owner found his employee Marilyn Rivera Tejada, 53, on the floor of the business with a gunshot wound in her upper body at about 3.10 p.m. today.
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She was rushed to a local hospital with very serious injuries, where she remains in critical condition tonight.
Detectives are looking for eyewitnesses and they are working to develop a suspect description and determine the motive of the shooting.
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There is not a surveillance system installed in the convenience store where the shooting occurred, Tampa Police spokesperson Laura McElroy said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Tampa Police Department at 813-231-6130.
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