Officers are seeking two men who robbed a North Georgia convenience store and shot a bystander Thursday.
Fort Oglethorpe Police Chief David Eubanks said the department received a call reporting the crime at the Kangaroo Express at 4257 Cloud Springs Road at 3:40 a.m. Officers at the scene said the two unidentified robbers shot a man outside the store, walked in and stole money from the cash register as well as from a customer.
The men left the store, Eubanks said, opening fire at a vehicle before running toward Cloud Springs Road and Interstate 75.
The bullet struck the victim’s leg. Paramedics rushed him to Erlanger hospital, and he was released later Thursday. The victim told officers the robbers didn’t say a word to him before one of them fired.
“They didn’t tell him, ‘Get out of the way,'” Eubanks said. “They didn’t say, ‘Stick-up.’ They didn’t say anything. They just shot him.”
Contact staff writer Tyler Jett at tjett@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6476.