Convenience Store Armed Robbery

Deputies responded to the Short Stop Food Mart, at 607 Short Street, Thursday night at 8:56.  Officers arrived on the scene to find that the store clerk had been shot during an armed robbery according to Tift County Sheriff Gene Scarbrough.  The clerk’s injuries were not believed to be live threatening and the employee was taken to an area hospital for treatment.

Investigators are actively working the case and are checking leads. No arrest has been made at this time. Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the Tift County Sheriff’s Office at 229-388-6021.