Chicago – A man robbing a dry cleaning store blew off part of one finger with a shotgun, police said. “This is no toy; the gun is loaded,” the robber said to his victims Monday in the Pekin Cleaners on Chicago’s south side. Police said the robber, wearing a red handkerchief over his face and carrying a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, then opened the gun to show it was loaded. When he closed it, the weapon fired, taking off two-thirds of the little finger of his left hand. After the gun fired, he took $10 from the cash register and a portable television set from the counter and fled. Police said they recovered the tip of the finger and were able to get a fingerprint. A store employee, Hattie Butler, said she did not realize the robber had injured himself because he did not show any signs of pain.
