Crime & Safety

Canton Road Armed Robbers Sought

Employees were held up Saturday at 3300 Canton Road in Northeast Cobb.

continue to search for the men who committed armed robbery Saturday at a Canton Road package store.Β 

Police said two males entered the and approached the
employees at the counter. While one of the perpetrators pointed a handgun at the two employees, the second went behind the counter and demanded money. During the crime, the second man discharged his handgun striking one of the employees in the leg.

The perpetrators took several customers' personal belongings along with an undisclosed amount of cash before fleeing the area on foot.

The employee was transported to a local hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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The robbers were described as two black men wearing hooded sweatshirts and bandanas that covered their faces. One man was armed with a handgun.

Cobb police ask anyone with information to call 770-499-3945.

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