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Robbers attempt jewelry store heist dressed as policemen

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    Owner defends store with gun

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Clearly the four guys who tried robbing Marcellus jewelry Friday morning had a plan.

Just a play cops to get inside then make off like bandits.

-- wouldn't go -- -- convenient it was police.

Like on the back on the -- this.

And the plan seemed to be working they have police lights in their Saturn vehicle shirts and -- with police written on them.

Even badges pursue these fake cops would show their true colors.

Came in -- Gonzalez and as he walked in saying what.

Order Marcelo Suarez was able to grab -- nine millimeter start shooting gunshots were fired back and forth.

Fortunately he wasn't hit.

But it appears -- the suspects may have taken around the impostors got away empty handed but they did leave Marcelo in some of the other nearby business owners shaken up.

Now I have come in here trying.

You know.

You know coming into the problem -- these -- you know.

It brings it to another level when you have someone who's potentially impersonating a police officer.

So exactly how can you tell a real officer from someone posing as one.

It's -- -- the uniform is it similar to the ones you used to seeing in your neighborhood.

You can always ask to see their credentials we all are required -- to appease the carrier credentials on -- an all time our photo ID.

You can also call mine and that's calmly if a real officer is indeed -- speak with you officer -- jealous this case they Friday's robbery attempt.

Or incredibly frustrating and we had spent a lot of piers building the trust -- the community building a working relationship with them.

And the last we want -- some.

Somebody coming in pertaining to be -- and now we're kind of going backwards.