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Store Security Guard Shot And Wounded

Columbus police say a security guard at a retail store on Morse Road was shot and wounded by a man who was behaving suspiciously in the store's parking lot this morning.Gerald Wheeler is hospitalized in stable condition. The suspect, 29-year-old Terrence Blake, is being held on a charge of aggravated robbery. Police say Blake also stole the guard's vehicle and led officers on a five mile chase that ended near Sunbury Road.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.