Worker Shot in Robbery at Dearborn Coney Island

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A worker at a Dearborn Coney Island was shot in an early morning robbery, police said.

Two armed men entered the restaurant, located in the 3330 block of Telegraph between Michigan Avenue and Annapolis, about 4 a.m. and fired several shots, The Detroit News reports.

A bullet struck the employee in the leg with what restaurant owner Jouli Keti described to the newspaper as a pellet gun. The employee was treated at the scene by the Dearborn Fire Department, and went home for the day, according to a statement from the police department.

Keti said the two men demanded that the worker take them to the safe. There isn’t one in the restaurant, so an employee led the two men to the front of the store to the cash register, following the policies Keti had developed to keep overnight workers safe.

T]he two men left the restaurant without taking any money.

The restaurant was closed for about two hours, but has now reopened.

A K-9 unit was dispatched to the scene to try to track the gunmen, who escaped on foot in an unknown direction. No description of the suspects, who were wearing masks, is available.

Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad encouraged members of the public to come forward and provide information to help identify the suspects.