Two men wanted in connection to a botched attempt to shoot open a safe stolen from a Gulf Breeze car lot have been arrested.

Robert Salter Jr., 20, of Pensacola turned himself in to Escambia County sheriff’s deputies Thursday. Paul Dean, also 20 and from Pensacola, was picked up by Escambia deputies Thursday, as well.

Salter originally told investigators he was driving by OBO Auto Sales, 3222 Fordham Parkway in Gulf Breeze, on Jan. 6, when he saw lights inside. When he went into the office to check, a burglar shot him in the leg, he claimed.

It turns out that Salter’s injury occurred after he and Dean burglarized the business, and Dean attempted to open the safe in a wooded area by shooting it with a .45-caliber pistol, law enforcement officers said. The shot ricocheted off the safe and struck Salter in the thigh.

Both men were transferred to Santa Rosa County Jail, where they were being held on $100,000 bond each.

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