KENT COUNTY, MI – For the second time in four years, Paul Medawar Fine Jewelry has thwarted a robbery attempt – this time, apparently leaving at least one of the robbers with gunshot wounds.

Police have fanned out across the Northeast Side after four robbers hit the jewelry store on Tuesday, April 22.

Police said two people inside Medawar shot at the robbers, who fled after breaking into a jewelry case. Police believed that at least one suspect had been shot, but that hasn't been confirmed.

Witnesses reported the unnamed victims of the robbery had fired shots at the robbers, injuring at least one of them. Police found blood near the store at 4518 Plainfield Ave., NE.

During a robbery on Oct. 5, 2010, Paul Medawar secretly called police when robbers came in the store.

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That day, he dialed 911 on his office phone, triggering a police response that left robbers rushing out of his store. He spoke briefly to a dispatcher before a robber found him and told him to hang up.

He and his son, David, and a store manager, were told to lie on the floor after he opened a safe containing diamonds.

Just hours after that 2010 robbery, Paul Medawar said: "It's crazy, but I was calm all along. You always think about stories where people get killed."

The robbers fled quickly from that 2010 robbery, then crashed a stolen Jeep into a nearby condominium.

"The police got my (911) call. When the robbers left, the police were outside in the parking lot," Medawar said.

The driver of the Jeep steered down a 40-foot embankment to avoid a police cruiser. The robbers fled on foot, but within four hours, all three were locked up.

Deputies later recovered stolen Rolex watches and diamonds from the crashed Jeep, as well as the gun.

John Agar covers crime for MLive/Grand Rapids Press E-mail John Agar: jagar@mlive.com and follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ReporterJAgar

