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Cleveland convenience store employee killed after shootout with robbery suspect

One suspect was hospitalized and the other remains at large.

CLEVELAND — An employee at a convenience store in Cleveland's Glenville neighborhood was killed after exchanging gunfire with a robbery suspect.

It happened Tuesday night at the In & Out Drive-Thru Beverage store in the 800 block of Lakeview Road. 

Police say two armed suspects entered the store as part of a robbery attempt while three other men were working inside.

One worker, identified as a 33-year-old man, exchanged gunfire with one of the suspects and both were shot. The two suspects fled and one, identified as 18-year-old Andre McKelvey, was arrested on Kimberly Avenue. He was taken to University Hospitals with a gunshot wound to the neck.

The store employee was also taken to University Hospitals, where he died from a gunshot wound to the head. The two other store workers were not hurt.

Police say the second suspect has not been found.

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