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Cleveland police arrested a man who is accused of robbing a Forest Hills shop and was shot by the store's owner as he ran away.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The owner of a Cleveland internet cafe shot a robber Sunday night as the man ran away from the Forest Hills business, police said.

The 32-year-old man who was shot is being held on suspicion of aggravated robbery, according to a police report. He has not been formally charged.

The robbery happened about 7 p.m. Sunday at the Cyber Depot on Shaw Avenue.

The robber entered the store and told the owner "I want the register" and "I want what's in the register," the report says. The man flashed a handgun and passed the owner a bag, which he filled with $161.

The robber began to walk out of the store, and the owner grabbed an employee's gun that was behind the counter and told him to stop, a police report says.

The robber wheeled around and pointed his gun at the owner who now had a gun pointed at him, the report says. The robber continued to run away from the scene, but the owner fired two or three rounds, the report says.

One shot struck the robber in the leg, and he fell to the sidewalk, the reports says. Another man approached the owner and said, "You shot me," but left the area before police arrived, the report says.

First responders found the robbery suspect lying on the ground with a gunshot wound. To his right was a handgun and to his left was the stolen cash, the report says.

Investigators could not find the second man who was reportedly shot, though an employee said a person matching his description entered the shop about two hours before the robbery, asked a question, patted down his pockets and then left the business, the report says.

The Cyber Depot was the site of an August 2013 raid by local, state and federal officials, who seized cash and gaming terminals from the establishment. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office lauded the operation at the time as the closing of the "last of all known illegal Internet gambling halls located in Cuyahoga County," a spokesman said.

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