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| Wednesday, Nov 7 2007 11:15 PM
Last Updated: Wednesday, Nov 7 2007 11:18 PM
A liquor store employee shot a 27-year-old man Wednesday night after the man attacked the clerk with a knife.
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At about 8 p.m., Daniel Perez had entered AA Liquors at 1305 Niles St. and asked a clerk and his wife to kill him, according to a news release by the Bakersfield Police Department.
Perez pulled out a knife and hit the male clerk on the left thumb, according to police. The cut was minor.
The clerk took out a gun and shot the suspect in the right arm.
Perez then went to a cooler, stole a beer and exited the store, police said.
Officers arrived and ordered the suspect to lie down, according to the news release.
Perez did not listen and was arrested after a police dog dragged him down, according to the news release. The suspect hit the dog several times with the beer bottle.
Perez was taken to Kern Medical center with a gunshot wound to his right arm that had entered his chest. The wound was non-life threatening, police said.