MAN SHOT BY DISPENSARY EMPLOYEE DURING ATTEMPTED BURGLARY, TULSA POLICE SAY

TULSA, Okla. –

The incident happened around 3:40 a.m. Friday near 61st and Memorial at the Bodega Boyz Dispensary in the Manchester Square Shopping Center, police said.

Officers said they received a call that someone had been shot multiple times at the dispensary and that an unknown man was trying to rob the store.

Police said they arrived on the scene and found a man lying on the sidewalk directly in front of the business. The man who was shot was wearing a ski mask over his face, with a hoodie pulled over his head, officers said.

Through their investigation, officers said they learned that the business had been burglarized Thursday night, so an employee and his girlfriend were staying the night inside the business.

The employee woke up to the sound of breaking glass and a man had made his way inside the business, officers said. The employee retrieved his gun and shot the man who was attempting to burglarize the business, according to police.

The shooting victim was transported by EMSA to Saint Francis Hospital and was last known to be in stable condition, police said.

The employee of the business and his girlfriend were transported to the Detective Division and are cooperating with the investigation, police said.