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2nd liquor store robbery suspect charged

Posted: 7:25 AM, Dec 24, 2015

Updated: 2015-12-24 07:25:03-05

A second suspect accused of taking part in a liquor store robbery in Towson has been charged.

Hayes Sample, Jr. faces a number of charges including armed robbery and first-degree assault. His bail was set at more than $3 million.

According to police, Hayes and Claude Mayo tried to rob the Towson Wine and Spirits store at gunpoint on Dec. 7.

See also: Suspect fatally shot; second on the run after attempted liquor store robbery

The store clerk pulled out a gun, legally registered to him, and shot at Hayes and Mayo.

Mayo was hit several times and collapsed outside the store. He died of his injuries on the scene.

See also: Robbery suspect fatally shot by liquor store clerk identified

Police have not filed charges against the store clerk.

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