Robber Caught on Surveillance Video

Wednesday, January 04, 2006

WTVG-- January 4, 2006 -- Police name the suspect in this December hold-up at a Citgo station.

update Jan. 4: Police are looking for Kevin Barnhill, 37, in connection with this crime. They say he had just been released from prison November after serving six years of a 30-year sentence for robbery. He is also suspected in two other robberies the day of the Citgo hold-up.

original story: We have exclusive surveillance video of a north Toledo gas station clerk shooting at a man who snatched money from the cash register.

As the crook tried to get away, the clerk fired one shot. The bullet shattered the front door.

It all went down at a Citgo on East Manhattan Street. Police say the thief walked in and picked up a piece of candy. He told the clerk he was buying it for his girl.

As the clerk counted the change and attempted to put it in the register, the crook tried to grab the cash and run. That's when the clerk grabbed a handgun and pulled the trigger.

Store manager Edward Eid says his employee missed and no one got hurt. "He tried to scare him to stop, but this guy here kept running outside." Detectives believe the suspect ran down Harvey Street when he left the store.

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