Clerk tries to run but is shot in early morning robbery at Warner Robins food mart

A convenience store clerk was shot in the back while trying to get away from a pair of masked gunmen during a holdup early Monday at a Warner Robins food mart, city police said.

The stickup happened minutes before 4 a.m. at the 7 Star Food Mart at the corner of North Davis and Tabor drives, a block north of Ignico Drive.

According to a police statement, the bandits demanded cash from the store’s register and the clerk tried “to flee, but was shot.”

One of the robbers then took money from the till and the pair ran off.

There was no information immediately available about the clerk or the clerk’s condition.

The police statement did note that the victim spoke to the first cops on the scene and provided a description of the assailants.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.