Monday, Sept. 11, 2006

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Masked men interrupt poker game, shoot player

By Sarah Polson

Three masked men broke into a San Antonio, Texas, home Sunday morning, interrupting a poker game and shooting a 55-year-old man.

The victim was playing poker with three other people when he got up to answer a knock a the door at 3 a.m. The men wearing ski masks burst through the door as he opened it, and one of them shot him in the shoulder.

The three other players fled through a back door while the victim was held at gunpoint with an "Uzi-type" gun and the robbers demanded his ring and gold bracelet.

The robbers got away with stolen jewelry worth approximately $4,500.

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