Robbers in clown masks strike at south Macon store before dawn

Bibb County sheriff’s deputies are looking for two gunmen in clown masks who held up a south Macon convenience store early Tuesday.

Just before 5 a.m., officers were called to the Melody Magic Mart at 2487 Rocky Creek Road for a reported armed robbery.

The robbers left the store at the corner of Bethesda Avenue and headed toward Elkan Avenue, according to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s deputies fanned out in the nearby neighborhood looking for suspects.

They are described as black males, one wearing a big brown camouflaged jacked with a red mask and the other had on a black jacket and mask.

Anyone with information about the robbery is urged to call for an investigator at 478-751-7500 or phone anonymous tips to Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 877-68-CRIME.

This story was originally published October 9, 2018 at 6:16 AM.