BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (KABC) -- A woman was shot in the leg during a robbery attempt at a Beverly Hills restaurant on Thursday, according to police and witnesses.
A witness said three suspects tried to steal a watch from a man at the Il Pastaio restaurant on Cañon Drive around 2 p.m. Thursday.
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He resisted and one of the suspects pulled out a gun. The gun went off, hitting another woman at the restaurant.
"They (tried to) rob his watch. He was fighting with them," said one witness, a friend of the man with the watch. "And while they were fighting, he pulled the gun and the gun shot one of the girls."
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The victim was later seen being wheeled out by paramedics with a bandage around her lower left leg, appearing alert and speaking on a cellphone.
Another woman at the restaurant incurred minor injuries and was treated at the scene, police said.
The suspects fled on foot. Beverly Hills police are on scene investigating.