Man charged with attempted murder

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A 7-Eleven clerk is lucky to be alive after he was shot in the neck during an attempted robbery of the Odenton convenience store early Thursday, according to Anne Arundel County police.

Police were called to the store at 1350 Odenton Road about 1:30 Thursday morning after a witness saw a man shoot the store clerk during an attempted robbery. The clerk, identified by police as Ajay Kumar, 33, suffered only a minor injury. He was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma, where he was treated and released.

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