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Person stabs Phoenix Circle K employee, steals money from register

A person stabbed the employee before taking money from the convivence store's register and fleeing the scene, police said.

PHOENIX — A person is on the run after stabbing a Circle K employee and stealing cash out of a register in Phoenix early Friday morning, the city's police department said.

The stabbing and robbery happened at one of the convivence store's locations near 32nd Street and Union Hills Drive at around 12:19 a.m., police said. The employee, who officers have not shared the identity of, is recovering at a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police have not shared a description of the person they suspect stabbed the employee. Investigators are on the scene working to learn what led up to the incident.

This is a developing story. Tune in to 12News for the latest information.

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