Police: Hamilton store clerk shot man through building’s window

Police are continuing to investigate a shooting Monday afternoon at a Hamilton store.

Emergency units responded to Singletary’s Carry Out near Walnut and Second Streets at about 12:55 p.m. for a report of person shot and found a man sitting across the street with a gunshot wound to the back, according to the police report.

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The victim, Kenneth Wayne Wells Jr., 38, of Minster Street in Hamilton, suffered a non-life-threatening injury, according to Hamilton Sgt. Rich Burkhardt.

“There was some type of fight inside between (him), and the clerk shot through the window,” Burkhardt said.

The clerk, who was not named by police, has been questioned, but no charges have been filed today.

“It is still under investigation,” Burkhardt said.

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