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New Mexico robber might have left severed finger

Mar 5, 2012, 5:13 PM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Albuquerque police say a robbery suspect might have left a piece of his finger behind at the crime scene.

KRQE-TV reports (
http://bit.ly/yXFEMG) police found the fingertip at a smoke shop after gunshots were fired during a robbery. Investigators think the fleeing suspect may have shot off his own finger.

A fingerprint will be taken from the severed digit.

No arrests have been made.

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