HAMILTON -- A man delivering baked goods for Italian Peoples Bakery was shot in the leg during a robbery at the Sunnybrae Boulevard location early Saturday, police said.

The victim, a 36-year-old Philadelphia man, was wounded at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday inside the store.

He was driving items from another Italian Peoples Bakery location to the Sunnybrae store when he was confronted by two male robbers who demanded money, police Lt. Michael Kelvy said.

Police believe the victim was followed to the location.

The deliveryman did not have any money, and he dropped the items he was carrying. One of the robbers then shot him in the leg, Kelvy said.

He was taken to a Trenton hospital for treatment and has since been released.

The victim gave the following descriptions to police:

- one robber was a black male, about 5-feet 9-inches tall who weighed about 170 pounds and was about 25 to 28 years old and had a mustache and a cross tattoo on his left cheek. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans and black gloves.

- the second was a white male, about 5-feet 8-inches tall who weighed about 170 pounds and was also about 25 to 28 years old and had a mustache. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and black gloves.

The robbers were last seen fleeing the store and foot and police had no direction of travel.

Italian People's Bakery celebrated its 80th year in 2016. The main location is on Butler Street in Trenton and the well-known bakery now operates a total of seven locations in Mercer, Burlington and Bucks (Pa.) counties.

Anyone with information about the crime can call Detective Matthew Donovan at 609-689-5824 or the Hamilton police tipline at 609-581-4008.

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