ANAHEIM  (AP) — Police in Anaheim have shot and wounded a suspected robber at a Subway restaurant after seeing him hold two employees hostage at knifepoint.

Sgt. Daron Wyatt said officers went to the restaurant Sunday afternoon after receiving a call from a woman who whispered from there.

Wyatt said when the officers arrived, they saw the man take two female employees to the back of the restaurant at knife point. No customers were inside.

When they went into the restaurant, Wyatt said the officers fired at the suspect.

He was hospitalized in stable condition Sunday evening, and was expected to survive. The employees escaped injury.

The shooting was under investigation.