CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A suspect is wanted after allegedly shooting an employee at a business they were trying to rob Thursday morning, Chesapeake police said.

Officers were dispatched to the business, located in the 4300 block of Indian River Road, shortly after 11:30 a.m. There, police say they learned a suspect entered the business and attempted to rob it. The suspect then shot an employee, police said.

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The employee who was shot was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.

The suspect fled and has not yet been caught, police say.

Police ask anyone with information to call the crime line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.