A gunman is in critical condition after being shot by an employee with a concealed carry permit at a restaurant on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's South Side on Friday morning.

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WEBVTT HOSPITAL.JACKIE: ANDREW, YOU CAN SEE THEWINDOW BEHIND ME IS ALREADYBOARDED UP AFTER THOSE SHOTSWERE FIRED THIS MORNING.IN FACT, SUBWAY CLOSED UP SHOPEARLY TONIGHT AROUND 8:00.ACCORDING THE TO THE CRIMINALCOMPLAINT THAT SUSPECT WHO TRIEDTO ROB THE PLACE IS IN CRITICALCONDITION TONIGHT.POLICE SAY CALVIN SMITH WALKEDBEHIND THE COUNTER OF THISSUBWAY ON EAST CARSON STREET ANDPOINTED A BEE-BEE GUN AT ANEMPLOYEE.BUT THAT GUY WAS ARMEDDED WITH AREAL GUN AND THE PERMIT TO CARRYIT.POLICE SAY HE SHOT SMITH THREETIMES, IN THE NECK, CHEST ANDSTOMACH.>> I BELIEVE HE DID WHAT HE HADTO DO TO PROTECT HIS COWORKERSAND IF THERE WAS ANY CUSTOMERSIN THERE I'M NOT AWARE OF, HETOOK CARE OF BUSINESS.JACKIE: SMITH DIDN'T GET AWAYWITH A DIME, INSTEAD THREEGUNSHOT WOUNDS.>> WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE,WE COULD HAVE GOT SHOT ORWHATEVER OR YOU KNOW WE COULDHAVE BEEN HADN'T OR WHATEVER, IDON'T KNOW.JACKIE: POLICE SAY THE WHITEMERCEDES SMITH JUMPED INTORUSHED TO ALLEGHENY GENERALHOSPITAL.SHORTLY AFTER THAT, SWATSURROUNDED THE DRIVERS HOME ONTHE NORTH SIDE.POLICE TOOK THAT MAN AND HISPASSENGER INTO CUSTODY.BUT BOTH CLAIM THEY JUST GAVESMITH A RIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDEWITH NO IDEA OF HIS PLANS.BACK AT SUBWAY YOU CAN SEE THEBULLET HOLE LEFT INSIDE THESTORE.THE EMPLOYEE WHO FIRED ISN'TREADY TO TELL HIS STORY YET,ACCORDING THE TO HIS COWORKERS,BUT CONCERN FOR HIM CONTINUES TOGROW.>> HE'S COMING TO WORK ONE DAYAND THINKING HE'S GOING TO DOHIS SHIFT AND HAVE A GREAT SHIFTAND SOME SUSPECT COMES IN ANDRUINS THAT FOR HIM.JACKIE: POLICE SAY ATHATEMPLOYEE WHO FIRED THE SHOTS ANDA COWORKER BOTH IDENTIFIED THESUSPECT IN A PHOTO LINEUP.TONIGHT HE'S FACING ROBBERY ANDPOSSESSING INSTRUMENTS OF CRIMECHARGES.IT'S UNCLEAR IF THE TWO PEOPLEWHO WERE IN THAT CAR WILL BEFACING CHARGES.

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A would-be robber of a Subway restaurant on Pittsburgh's South Side was shot Friday by a Subway employee, then fled with the help of the driver of a getaway car, police said. Police said Calvin Leon Smith, 47, walked into a Subway on East Carson Street with a gun, which was later determined to be a BB gun. An employee told police that Smith went behind the counter while pointing the gun at him. The employee, who has a permit to carry a firearm, pulled a gun from his pocket and shot Smith three times. Another employee was in the restaurant's cooler at the time of the shooting. She said she heard the shots and came out in time to see Smith crawl out of the restaurant through a shattered front window, police said. Shortly after that, a vehicle dropped off Smith at Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition. The vehicle was driven by a man and there was a woman in the passenger seat. A search for the car, a white Mercedes Benz, led to a SWAT unit being sent to a house at the corner of Lovitt Way and Chestnut Street on the North Side, where two people surrendered peacefully to police and were detained for questioning. They both admitted to giving Smith a ride to the South Side, but said they hadn't known he was going to commit a robbery. Both Subway employees were able to identify Smith from a photo lineup. "I'm sure this is the individual who attempted to rob my place of employment on 12/23/16. This person came into my store and behind my counter brandishing a firearm and told me to 'don't do it man,'" the employee who shot Smith wrote on the back of the photo by which he identified him, according to the criminal complaint. A large shattered window and yellow crime scene tape greeted early-morning customers of the Subway restaurant on East Carson Street on Friday. "We could have been in there. We could have got shot or whatever. We could have been hostages or whatever. I don't know," said Marcel Anderson, a customer who arrived after the incident. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 spoke with people who work at businesses nearby and know the worker who fired the shots. "I believe he did what he had to do to protect his co-workers in there, and if there was any customers in there, I'm not aware of," said Jacob Booher, a cook at Pita Pit, two doors down from the Subway. "He took care of business. He had to do what he had to do." "After my shift is out, I'm going to go over there, talk to him, give him some good kind words of encouragement, so he can keep his head up and stay positive," said John Parker Sr., manager of Asian Fusion Bowl, which is next door to the Subway. Both Parker and Booher said they know the Subway employee. "Yes. He's a good employee. He's a nice person. He speaks with everybody that comes, walks by. A great person, a great person," Parker said. "When I heard, I was actually scared for him. He's a good dude. I wouldn't want nothing to happen to him. He's always working every day," Booher said. Smith is hospitalized in critical condition. He was shot in the chest, neck and stomach, the criminal complaint says. Police have issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of robbery and possessing instruments of crime. It's not clear if the driver and passenger of the getaway car will face any charges.