LAUDERDALE LAKES, Fla. -- An employee turned the tables on a would-be robber Tuesday in Lauderdale Lakes, pulling out a gun and shooting the man, police said.

Police said the suspect was trying to rob a woman outside a liquor store on Oakland Park Boulevard when a store employee shot him in the arm.

The suspect initially got away, but police caught him later at a Lauderdale Lakes home.

Police said the suspect will be charged when he is released from Broward General Medical Center.