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West Side wine store robbed

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

YOUNGSTOWN — A gunman wearing a black hoodie robbed the Mahoning Wine Shop after ordering the clerk to open the register and then telling her to lay on the floor, police said. The suspect entered the store at 1681 Mahoning Ave. on the West Side around 7 p.m. Tuesday, bought a snack and left. He came back in a few minutes later and showed the gun, police said. The robber grabbed cash from the register then fled in an unknown direction.