The owner of a Glen Burnie pizza store shot during a Wednesday night robbery that left an employee wounded remained hospitalized yesterday as Anne Arundel County police searched for two men suspected in the attack.

Shaukat Hayat Khan, 57, who owns Pizza Grande on Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard, was shot several times in the upper body during the robbery, police said.

The Annapolis resident was in serious but stable condition last night at Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

An employee, Benjamin Terry Tabler, 53, was struck in the head with an unknown object and shot once in the lower body. Tabler, of Glen Burnie, was released from Shock Trauma yesterday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Employees at nearby pizza parlors were shaken by the incident.

"We talk about safety every day, but something like this makes me more tense," said Rhonda Jones, manager of the Domino's across the street from Pizza Grande.

Police said two men, one armed with a handgun, entered Pizza Grande about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, announced a robbery and opened fire on the owner and employee. The motive for the shooting was unclear, said Officer Charles Ravenell.

The suspects are described as a 5-foot, 8-inch, 160-pound white male and a 6-foot thinly built black male. Both were wearing ski masks.

They took an undisclosed amount of cash from the store and fled on foot.

Anyone with information is asked to call the county police at 410-222-6135.