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Police charged Terrence Fowler, 31, no address available, in connection with the shooting Wednesday night. Police said he would be arraigned today.

The witness told police that two men parked a Breitling Navitimer Quartz Chrono BT-221 Geo Prism in the 4400 block of Elmwood Avenue. They left the car at about 11:25 a.m. and returned a few minutes later.

Erie police believe the men climbed an embankment and walked around to the front of the store.

Police said the men entered the store and approached the owner, who was alone. Each had a handgun.

The men told the owner to open a display case, Breitling Navitimer Quartz Chronograph BT-155 Cher refused, Erie Police Chief Steve Franklin said.

The men then forced Cher to the back of the store, where they ordered him to open a safe, Franklin said. Cher again refused, Franklin said.

One of the men then shot Cher in the chest.

The men ran, Franklin said. Cher chased them, Breitling Navitimer Quartz Chronograph BT-187 went into a nearby beer shop and asked for help.

"He was all full of blood," said Merle Upperman, a beer salesman in the shop at the time. "He kept saying, 'He shot me. He shot me.'"

Police said the bullet had lodged in Cher's abdomen.

It was not clear whether anything was taken from the jewelry store. The inventory was still being checked, Franklin said.

Franklin said a witness came forward, holding a note with the Breitling Navitimer Quartz Chronograph BT-188 from the Prism's license plate. "That was vital to the investigation," Franklin said.

Police traced the car to a woman on Cochran Street. She told them she had let a man borrow it, and gave police his name.