The Chattanooga Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying two suspects involved in the armed robbery of a Dollar General store on Lee Highway late last month.
On March 27, two suspects entered through the back of the store, located at 7345 Lee Highway, at around 12:20 p.m. and held two employees and another person at gunpoint. A baby was also present.
Chattanooga police are trying to identify two suspects in the armed robbery of a Dollar General store on Lee Highway on Wednesday, March 27, 2019.
This silver sedan is the suspected getaway vehicle in the March 27, 2019, armed robbery of a a Dollar General store on Lee Highway.
Chattanooga police are trying to identify two suspects in the armed robbery of a Dollar General store on Lee Highway on Wednesday, March 27, 2019.Both suspects then forced the three victims to enter the cooler, took their cell phones and wallets before closing the cooler door. They also stole Swisher Sweet Cigarillos.
The two suspects then ran out the same way they entered.
The first suspect is described as a short black male. He was wearing a black ski mask, dark colored pants with a long-sleeved shirt and armed with a handgun.
The second suspect is described as a six-foot black male wearing dark colored pants, dark colored hoodie, and some type of white mask covering his face. He was also armed with a handgun.
Chattanooga Police robbery investigators found security footage that shows the suspects’ possible getaway vehicle, a silver sedan.
Chattanooga police asks anyone with information about this incident or the suspects to contact the department at 423-698-2525 and ask to speak with a robbery investigator.
Tips can also be submitted in the Chattanooga PD Mobile App. Anyone offering information can remain anonymous.