COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two people were injured after police said drive-thru clerks fired shots at supposed robbers. It was but the clerks, though, who ended up with criminal charges.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Police responded to a report of a shooting at the Qwik N Cold Drive-Thru at Westerville and Agler roads around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. That's on the city's Northeast Side.
Initial reports police received from on-duty clerks 22-year-old Ahmed Osman and 20-year-old Muhammed Ali reported a robbery or shooting in which a clerk shot an alleged robbery suspect who was armed with a knife.
An investigation revealed no robbery took place and no one was threatened with a knife.
The robbery story was fabricated by a clerk, CPD said.
Osman and Ali attempted to stop a perceived theft of beer by firing "warning" shots at the feet of the alleged suspects, CPD said.
Two of the alleged suspects were injured by bullet fragments.
Both sustained minor injuries and were treated and released.
Both clerks were charged criminally.
Osman was charged with falsification and negligent assault.
Ali was charged with negligent assault.
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