Police say two men shot the 34-year-old clerk behind the counter in the groin and stabbed him multiple times.
-- Police are searching for two men accused of shooting and stabbing a smoke shop employee and assaulting another man inWith their hoodies, masks and gloves on, they seemingly walked into Essex Convenience like any other customer around 11:15 p.m., just before closing, but then they bolted, gun pointed at Tariq Nieves, a friend of the employee's, while the other demanded items from the clerk behind the counter.
"I was like, 'This guy has a gun and a knife. It's like, it's over at this point,' and then I locked myself back there and waited until people came," Nieves said.The smoke shop and convenience store's manager says all money and items taken from the victims' pockets were recovered.
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