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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -The Memphis Police Department has arrested and charged a man accused of robbing a couple at gunpoint.

According to the affidavit, the incident occurred Oct. 18 at a shopping center on Riverdale at the intersection of East Shelby Drive.

When officers arrived, they learned a couple was at a store to buy a stove. As they were leaving, a male suspect, later identified as Carl Hodges, 27, approached, pointed a handgun at the couple and demanded the husband's belongings.

Hodges struck the husband in the head, and the husband, in an attempt to disarm him, grabbed for the gun.

Carl Hodges, arrested and charged (SCSO)

The affidavit says Hodges tried to shoot the husband in the stomach, but shot him in the arm during the struggle.

Hodges then left the scene; he is now facing charges for especially aggravated robbery and attempted reckless homicide.

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