NEWS

Clerk shot during armed robbery at Sardis Family Dollar

Miguel Legoas
mlegoas@augustachronicle.com
Suspect. [BURKE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE]

A Family Dollar employee was shot during an armed robbery at a Family Dollar in Sardis.

At 8:42 p.m. the Family Dollar on Charles Perry Ave. was reportedly robbed at gunpoint. The suspect shot at and grazed a store clerk said Burke County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Lewis Blanchard. The clerk is expected to be fine.

The suspect is described as a black male wearing all black, approximately 5’6” tall and thin. He was last seen leaving the area on foot.

The Sardis Police Department and Burke County Sheriff’s Office are investigating.