A 16-year-old from Victorville is facing robbery and murder charges after he fatally shot a store clerk in Hesperia Thursday evening, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
The unidentified teen robbed a Mobil gas station on Main Street at about 6:20 p.m., the Sheriff's Department said in a news release.
After the robber fled the scene, deputies found the store clerk, 27-year-old Parveen Singh of Hesperia, unresponsive on the floor with a gunshot wound. He was declared dead at a local hospital.
The teen, meanwhile, was arrested about a block away from the scene, police said. He was booked into the High Desert Juvenile Hall in Apple Valley.
Anyone with information is asked to call 909-890-4904.
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