New Iberia Police say they worked an attempted armed robbery late Thursday that ended with the would-be robber in the hospital.
Police say they were called to a store in the 200 block of Center Street around 10:30 p.m.
They found a man with at least one gunshot wound. They were transported to a local hospital, then airlifted to another hospital, where they are listed in critical condition Friday.
Detectives conducted an investigation and learned that the wounded person entered the store armed with a "cutting instrument," walked around the counter and tried to rob the store's clerk. There was a struggle, and during that struggle the clerk shot the other person.
This is an ongoing investigation, police say.
