3 Try to Rob Brooklyn Jewelry Store, Flee When Security Guard Knocks Gun Out of Hands: Police

Police are investigating an attempted robbery at a Brooklyn jewelry store in which a gunshot was fired as a security guard confronted one of the suspects, police say. 

Three men walked into Scott Jewelers on Kings Highway Wednesday afternoon, some wearing masks, and tried to rob the store, according to police. 

A security guard at the store knocked the gun out of the hands of one of the robbers, police said. A shot was fired as the gun was dropped, but no one was hurt. 

The three men ran out with nothing, but dropped a hammer in the process. Police collected it as evidence.

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