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[CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WLWT-TV] SHEREE: A VIOLENT ARMED ROBBERY, SENT A STORE OWNER TO THE HOSPITAL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY! AND TONIGHT, POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THREE MEN THEY SAY ARE BEHIND IT. WLWT NEWS 5'S DAN GRIFFIN IS LIVE IN CRESCENT SPRINGS WITH THE LATEST ON WHO POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR. DAN? DAN: VILLA HILLS POLICE SAY THREE MEN, WHO WORE MASKS, GLOVES AND HOODIES ARE BEHIND THIS. THEY ALSO SAY THEY GOT AWAY IN A GRAY VOLKSWAGEN SEDAN. BUT NOT BEFORE HURTING A WOMAN DOING HER JOB THAT'S HOW ROB KUMLER DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS WIFE, WILMA KUMLER, AT THEIR STORE K-AND-R PHOTOGRAPHICS IN CRESCENT SPRINGS WEDNESDAY. VILLA HILLS POLICE SAY THREE MEN CAME IN ARMED WITH A PISTOL DEMANDING PRICEY CAMERAS AND GEAR. KUMLER SAYS THEY ALSO HAD HAMMERS AND BUSTED SHOWCASES AND SHELVING. HE SAYS THEY ALSO HURT WILMA >> THEY ASKED HER WHERE THE HASSELBLADS WERE, SO THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AND ONE OF THEM THREW HER DOWN ON THE FLOOR, THAT'S WHEN SHE BROKE HER ARM AND THEN THEY BUSTED SHOWCASES AND STARTED HAULING STUFF OUT. DAN: KUMLER BELIEVES IT WAS PRE-PLANNED AND THE STORE WAS CASED BY THE MEN. HE SAYS THEY'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 1975 AND NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. LUCKILY, ANOTHER CUSTOMER CAME IN AND POLICE BELIEVE HE SCARED THE SUSPECTS OFF. >> THEY TOOK OFF OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, TURNED RIGHT ON TERRY, AND THEN TURNED RIGHT ON I GUESS, HIGH STREET, AND THEN WENT TO, I ASSUME, BUTTERMILK PIKE AND FROM THERE, WE DON'T KNOW. DAN: OFFICERS SCOURED THE STORE AND OUTSIDE AREAS FOR CLUES FINDING A DROPPED CAMERA WORTH $12,000 AND AMONG OTHER THINGS. KUMLER SAYS THE MEN DROPPED A-GL CAPTURED THEIR HEIST. HE HOPES THAT WILL LEAD TO THEIR ARRESTS. >> HOPEFULLY THEY'LL GET SOME GOOD DETAIL. WE HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD CAMERAS IN THERE DAN: TONIGHT, WILMA IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL ACCORDING TO HER HUSBAND. HE SAYS SHE WILL HAVE TO HAVE SURGERY ON HER ARM EITHER THIS EVENING OR TOMORROW. LIVE IN CRESCENT SPRINGS, DAN GRIFFIN, WLWT NEWS 5. SHEREE: RIGHT NOW, KENTON COUNTY POLICE ARE LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THE SURVEILLANC VIDEO FOR LEADS ON THE MEN AND THE VEHICLE US

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Robbers came into a Northern Kentucky photography shop on Wednesday armed with hammers and a pistol, demanding expensive cameras and equipment.The co-owner's husband, Rob Kumler, who also owns the store, said they robbed her and broke her arm.He said he got a quick, frantic call from his wife, Wilma Kumler, while he was working in Lexington and immediately made his way back to Northern Kentucky."They were in the front yard with Wilma, the ambulance, and getting her taken care of and then they came and started taping things off," he said.Villa Hills police scoured the scene at K&R Photographics on Terry Lane for hours.They were looking for clues and also found dropped items, like a camera, three men left behind after the armed robbery.Investigators said the men came into the business between 12:15 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. wearing masks, gloves and hoodies.Villa Hills police also said one of the men wore a tan Carhartt hoodie.Officers also said a customer came to the store as this all happened, and that seemed to spook the men into running off, hopping into a car and speeding away with stolen goods.Kumler believes the men cased the store and knew exactly what they wanted."They took off out of the parking lot, turned right on Terry, and then turned right on I guess, High Street, and then went to, I assume, Buttermilk Pike and from there, we don't know," Villa Hills police Sgt. J.J. Bird told WLWT.Kumler told us about how his wife said the robbery happened."They asked her where the Hasselblads were. So, they knew what they were looking for and one of them threw her down on the floor. That's when she broke her arm and then they busted showcases and started hauling stuff out," Kumler said.Police said Kumler's wife was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital for her injuries.Kumler said his wife has to have surgery because doctors were unable to set her arm.He is hopeful the men will be caught because there is surveillance video inside the store and the men left behind a glove.Kumler said he is unsure of the exact amount of gear stolen in this heist, but he said it is all worth thousands."The one that was laying on the driveway, the sidewalk over there is probably, used, in the $12,000 neighborhood," he said.He also said they've been in business together since 1975 and they've never seen anything like this.Villa Hills police said they are looking for a gray Volkswagen sedan, possibly a Passat, the men used to get away.Officers said they've been patrolling the Crescent Springs area instead of Erlanger police since last July and this is the first robbery they've been called to investigate.Right now, Kenton County police are assisting Villa Hills police with scouring surveillance video from the store in hopes to find leads on the suspects.Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call Villa Hills police detective Emily Horseman at 859-341-3535.