The State - News from Oct. 5, 1989
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A shoot-out in an El Toro jewelry store left the owner wounded as four bandits escaped in the latest in a series of “smash-and-grab” robberies in the Southland. Bob Gossett, the owner of Gossett Jewelers, was shot once in the shoulder after three men and a woman--armed with a handgun, hammers, tire irons and crowbars--entered his store, Orange County sheriff’s officials said. “They started to smash the (display) cases, and the owner came out with a handgun,” Lt. Richard J. Olson said. “A gunfight ensued, and the owner got hit and went down.” It appeared that none of the robbers were injured.
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