The Shelby County Sheriff's Office has shared surveillance footage from a violent armed heist that occurred at a Dollar General on Austin Peay Highway in Millington, with the hope that public recognition may lead to the apprehension of the suspects involved in the troubling October 28 event, as reported by Action News 5. Authorities state that at approximately 9:46 PM, two masked individuals, wielding firearms, entered the discount store and initiated a forceful robbery that culminated in an undisclosed sum of cash being taken, believed to be around $1,100.
Details provided by the SCSO and echoed through various local reports describe one assailant as clad in all black with a distinctive green camouflage mask, hands shielded with blue gloves, his footsteps marked by red and black shoes, brandishing a black handgun with a disregard for the sanctity of the lives he brushed past; FOX13 Memphis includes that his counterpart also wore all-black attire over blue and white shorts visible beneath, with his hands in blue gloves, and black shoes pressing against the ground. Yet, SCSO has not released what he was armed with.
In a harrowing account of the events, surveillance video captured the second suspect forcing a store employee onto the unforgiving floor before dragging them across it without a hint of compassion the video evidence of such an act exists as a stark reminder of the day's horrors - those interested in aiding the investigation, local news outlets including WREG urge the public to contact detectives at 901-379-7625 or submit tips anonymously via CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH.
