VIDEO: Man on parole arrested after ATM smash and grab attempt at Stow Circle-K

STOW, Ohio (WOIO) - A gas station clerk fired several shots at a group of robbery suspects who used stolen minivans to ram a Circle K storefront and try to steal an ATM early Monday, police said.

Stow police said officers were called about 3:30 a.m. Monday to a reported robbery in progress at the Circle-K on Steels Corners Road.

Investigators say multiple suspects arrived in two stolen minivans, then repeatedly rammed the front of the store with one vehicle, shattering the glass entrance and dislodging an ATM inside.

Several suspects got out of the vans and began approaching the store, when the clerk opened fire.

The suspects fled from the area after being shot at.

One suspect who ran west on foot was arrested by Stow officers near the intersection of Steels Corners Road and Wyoga Lake Boulevard in neighboring Cuyahoga Falls.

Police arrested 25-year-old Peirion D. Jackson of Cleveland, who is on parole for robbery. He is charged with second-degree felony robbery and fourth-degree felony counts of receiving stolen property and vandalism. His bond was set at $100,000 cash in Stow Municipal Court; he was taken to the Summit County Jail.

Police said at least three other suspects took-off in the second stolen minivan, a brown 1997 Chrysler Town & Country with a plastic-covered rear window with Ohio plate GSR7033.

The vehicle was reported stolen out of Cleveland, was last seen headed west on Steels Corners Road toward State Route 8, police said.

Rounds fired by the clerk struck a gas pump, one of the suspect vehicles, and a post for the canopy over the gas pumps. It is unknown if any of the suspects who escaped sustained any injuries.