Shooting may be linked to clerk's Border Patrol cap
Rosa Ramirez, Rocky Mountain News
Published July 2, 2007 at midnight
Basalt police are looking for a person of interest in a 7-Eleven shooting that may be tied to the clerk's use of a U.S. Border Patrol baseball cap.
Basalt Police Chief Keith Ikeda said five shots were fired into the convenience store on Two Rivers Road and Basalt Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. on June 26.
An hour and a half before the shooting, two men approached the store clerk and said, "Hey, where's your hat?"
The 54-year-old clerk and the men began to argue.
"The verbal altercation was regarding a baseball cap that the clerk occasionally wears in public," Ikeda said.
Authorities aren't sure if the two incidents are connected but they have identified one of the two men.
Ikeda said the bullets were aimed at the front counter.
"There are five penetrating holes in the window and damage made to a hot dog appliance on the other end of the store," he said.
No injuries were reported.
The store clerk and three other people were inside at the time of the shooting.
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