A woman tending a pet shop defied a masked gunman when he demanded money and she refused.
The police said the gunman went into the shop in Triq il-Fuxa, San Gwann, soon after noon and demanded money from the shopkeeper. The woman refused to comply.
The police said the gunman then fired a shot towards the interior of the shop and drove off in a vehicle. No one was injured.
Mobile squad and district police looking for the man and his vehicle found the vehicle abandoned.