Clerk shot in back
WINSTON-SALEM - A convenience store clerk was shot in the back during an armed robbery, police said.
At 10:45 p.m., a man walked into the Reynolda Road BP at 3836 Reynolda Road, showed the clerk a handgun and demanded cash after placing a cigarette lighter and cough drops on the counter, Winston-Salem police said.
The clerk, Jason R. Surgnier, 21, of 226 Lola Lane, Apt. 203, in Pilot Mountain, could not get the register open and the man fired one round above his head, police said.
Surgnier turned to run to the back room and the man shot him in the back.