Mar 29, 2008 11:38 pm US/Eastern
Gunman Caught After Taking A Hostage At Walgreens
NORTH MIAMI (CBS4) ―
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Police say the man tried to rob a Walgreens store around 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Miami-Dade police say a gunman who took a manager at a Miami Shores Walgreens store hostage in a botched robbery has been shot and is undergoing surgery.
Police say 26-year old Adler Dupuy, tried to rob a Walgreens store located at 89th Street and Biscayne Blvd. around 6:30 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators said Dupuy hid overnight in the store. When the store opened up early morning, Dupuy pointed a gun at employees, told them to get on the floor and put their cell phones in a bag. Police said the suspect also demanded all the money and when the bag became too heavy, Dupuy asked the employees to take the coins out.
An employee told CBS4's Tiffani Helberg one of his co-workers was able to get away and hide inside of a room where he called police.
When police arrived and entered the store, they saw the man collecting money from the safe. That's when an employee says the gunman noticed police on a monitor, and took their manager hostage out the back door.
The suspect fought with the man he held at gunpoint, and fled in his vehicle. It was then that authorities say officers from the Miami-Dade and Miami Shores police departments opened fire. Employees still inside the store heard the gun fire.
"I was afraid to death," said Roy Barn, a Walgreens employee.
Police followed the gunman to 82 North Miami Avenue, where he jumped and ran. Officials searched with dogs, helicopters, and caught the man about three hours later at a nearby trailer park.
Dupuy was rushed to Jackson Memorial Hospital where he was undergoing surgery Saturday afternoon. Police said Dupuy has been charged with armed kidnapping, armed robbery, armed carjacking and armed burglary with no bond. He was also charged with false imprisonment on a $7500 bond.
The manager was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
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