Albany Resident Shot During Robbery Attempt at Smoke Shop

A clerk at a local cigarette store was shot during a robbery attempt Monday evening, authorities reported.

Just before 6 p.m., officers responded to  on San Pablo Avenue for a report of an attempted robbery.

When officers arrived, they found the store clerk, who had been shot, conscious and alert.

(Police Lt. Dan Adams said the clerk is a 39-year-old resident of Albany.)

The transported the man to Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he underwent surgery. He is expected to survive his injuries, police said.

The victim told police one suspect entered the store first, and a second suspect came in shortly thereafter with a gun.

The unarmed suspect went behind the counter and tried to open the cash register. The clerk then activated the store's panic alarm and the second suspect shot him, according to police.

Both suspects exited the store and fled south on San Pablo Avenue, then headed east on Dartmouth Street.

The suspects are described as two males; one was about 30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a medium build and a dark complexion.

One suspect was wearing jeans and a black hoodie with the hood pulled up; the other was wearing a white hoodie with a white T-shirt and jeans, police said.

The can be reached at 510-525-7300.

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--Bay City News contributed to this report.