PD: Clerk wrestles gun away from man inside convenience store

PHOENIX - A convenience store clerk ended up in a fight for his life after refusing to sell beer to a couple who came into the store as he was trying to deal with a recent delivery.

It happened at the Circle K at Central Avenue and Dobbins Road overnight.

Police Sgt. Marcus Virgil said a couple came in to get beer and when the clerk said he couldn't sell it to them because the store was closed, the man got angry and pulled out a gun.

The clerk ended up in a struggle with the man and got the gun away but not before it went off, shattering a window.

The clerk was uninjured.

Virgil said the man has frequented the store in the past so they do have a lead on his identity.

The couple ended up leaving without taking anything.