Pharmacy shootout injures customer

By The Record

July 11, 2012 12:00 AM

STOCKTON - A woman is recovering from a bullet wound after a gunbattle broke out at a southeast Stockton pharmacy Tuesday morning.

The victim's leg injury was not life-threatening and was suffered after four people entered a pharmacy in the 2000 block of East Mariposa Road about 10:45 a.m. with guns drawn, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department.

One assailant fired his weapon after a pharmacy employee fired a shot, Silva said. It's unclear whose bullet struck the victim, he said.

A car with four men matching the assailants' descriptions was spotted by officers who were arriving on scene, Silva said. They pulled over at Interstate 5 and Monte Diablo Road and surrendered without incident, Silva said.

Arrested on suspicion of robbery were Troy Buzo, 18; Nick Buzo, 20; Elijah Nevarez, 19; and Kevin Ayala, 20. It was unclear Tuesday whether the Buzos are related.

The findings will be turned over to the District Attorney's Office, and Silva didn't rule out the possibility that the clerk, too, could face charges if it is determined he negligently discharged his firearm.

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Pharmacy shootout injures customer