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Gunshots help uncover man's tumor

BAKERSFIELD, California --They may be the gunshots that save Donald Batsch's life. The market owner was being treated for two gunshots in the arm and abdomen suffered during a robbery when doctors discovered a tumor.

"It was like an act of God that he shot me," Batsch said Tuesday.

Batsch, 54, was shot in the arm and abdomen during a robbery Feb. 16 at his Chester Lane Market. He fully recovered from the wounds, but doctors found the tumor.

He was still waiting to hear whether the growth is cancerous.

The robbery was caught on tape, but police have not arrested anyone.

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