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Police hunt robbery suspects; victim shot in face

EAST FRANKLIN TWP, Armstrong County — An apparent robbery gone wrong Saturday afternoon left a Georgia man hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the face and state police searching for two suspects.

The shooting, which is being investigated as an attempted homicide, happened shortly after 4 p.m. at a home in the 100 block of East Brady Road in East Franklin Township.

The suspects approached the 33-year-old victim, from Atlanta, who was in the driveway. Investigators say the two men tried to rob the other man.

One of the suspects fired a round from an unspecified gun, hitting the victim in the face, according to a police report.

The two men drove away in a car that was last seen headed south on Route 268.

Police said they have identified suspects in the shooting. But Lt. Daniel Hines noted this morning that arrests were not imminent.

“There are still a lot of unanswered questions that we have to get to the bottom of,” he said.

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