The robbery was reported shortly after 4 a.m. last Thursday at the Jackpot Sweepstakes off Chapel Hill Road.
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A man entered the business and played some games before breaking into a locked office in the business, officials said.
The man grabbed an employee in the office and demanded money. The employee grabbed a gun and fired it, striking the man, police added.
After a brief struggle over the gun, the suspect again demanded money and the employee gave him cash from a register.
The employee called 911 to report the incident.
The man was later captured and identified as 30-year-old Alonzo Hester of Durham.
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He was taken to the hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds.
Hester is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, larceny of a firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and felony breaking and entering.
He was released from the hospital two days later.
Investigators do not plan to file charges against the employee.