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Man shot during robbery attempt
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Published: November 11, 2009
HICKORY - After ransacking a man's house and stacking the items they intended to take beside his door, the four men who pushed their way into a home abandoned their loot and left the area after one of them fired a shot at the 27-year-old resident, according to police reports.
The victim crossed the street and called 911 from his friends' home. He had blood on his clothing and, when police arrived, he told officers that he thought he'd been shot in the head, according to police.
The incident took place about 11:30 p.m. Monday night when a black male knocked on the side door of the man's modest home in the 1100 block of 13th Avenue, NE, and asked to use the phone. When the resident opened the door, his late-night visitor and three masked men forced their way into the home.
The victim told officers he did not know the men. According to the report, he was vague about the incident and was unable to describe the men who had ransacked his house upstairs and down.
During the attempted robbery, one of the men fired a gun, the man told police. The bullet grazed the victim's head and fragmented when it hit the floor, according to the police report.
He was treated at Frye Regional Medical Center. According to police, it took seven staples to close his wound.
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