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Customer Killed During Restaurant Robbery

Posted: 5:48 am EST January 10, 2006Updated: 5:46 pm EST January 10, 2006

DEKALB COUNTY -- DeKalb County police are investigating the death of a customer who was shot as he startled two men holding up a restaurant where he went to get take-out food.

Police say the man, identified as 28-year old Abdihakim Adam, was a regular at Madina, an Ethiopian-Somalian restaurant on Memorial Drive.

They say Adam had gone into the kitchen to pick up his nightly order just after 10:00 p.m. yesterday and came out to find two armed men demanding that the cashier open the register.

Adam, a baker, was shot in the head. Police say the register had only $60 inside, and the robbers left without taking the money.

Police are still searching for the gunmen.

Copyright 2007 by WSBTV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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