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via newsnet5.com

Two people have been killed, shot at by a gas station clerk in Canton, police told NewsChannel5.

Canton Police said the shooting took place at the Marathon Gas Station located at 2201 9th St. SW and happened during an attempted robbery Monday night around 9:25 p.m.

Officers were called to the scene and found a store employee with gunshot wounds to his legs.

The worker told police he had been shot during a robbery attempt by three masked subjects. The clerk did return fire, killing two of the three suspects.