A female employee of CVS in Hoover is behind bars and has admitted to orchestrating a weekend holdup during which another employee was wounded by shrapnel after a shot was fired.

The gunman has been identified as well, and Hoover police are actively searching for him, said Hoover police Capt. Gregg Rector. His girlfriend and accomplice, 27-year-old Jamese Jivonne Gregory, was booked into the Jefferson County Jail late Wednesday afternoon on a first-degree robbery charge and remains in lockup with bond set at $20,000.

Hoover police responded to the robbery at the Chace Drive store, which stays open 24 hours a day, at 4:32 a.m. Sunday. The victim told officers the suspect held him at gunpoint while demanding cash from the register, and then forced him to the back of the store to open the safe.

Hoover police said this surveillance photo led to tips about the gunman's identity.

The clerk then grabbed the shotgun and fought the suspect, which led to the gun discharging.

The victim received minor injuries to his legs and was treated and released from UAB Medical Center West.

The suspect fled the scene, but surveillance footage captured an image for police. Investigators recovered the shotgun, as well as other physical evidence, Rector said.

Police on Sunday afternoon released the surveillance image of the gunman, and Rector said that photo was directly responsible for bringing in tips that led to the suspect's identity, as well as Gregory.

On Monday, police arrested Gregory as she arrived for work at CVS. She confessed to planning the robbery, and told detectives she was waiting in a nearby getaway vehicle while the crime was being carried out. She has previous convictions for third-degree theft of property and obstruction of justice.

Rector said the gunman's name will be released once he is in custody. "It's just a matter of time before the second suspect is arrested and held accountable for his crimes,'' Rector said. "Apparently he has no problem with his girlfriend being jailed while he remains on the streets."

"This case is the best example we've seen in a while of everyone working together to say 'we're not going to put up with criminals running amok,' he said. "Good police work, good media coverage, social media at its best, and citizens saying enough is enough."