Georgiana Dollar General Robbed at Gunpoint, Good Samaritan Shot in Attempt to Stop Robbery

Georgiana police are searching for armed robbery suspects.

On Thursday, August 8, two armed masked men walked into the Dollar General on Hwy 106 in Georgiana and robbed the store at gunpoint.

An innocent bystander was at the register and tried to intervene and stop the robbers. The bystander was shot in the stomach by one of the armed robbers.

The victim is in Baptist South. According to his father-in-law, he is in ICU. No word on his condition.

The suspects grabbed the register till, safe, then fled the scene.

Police described the suspects as two males. One male wore a camouflage jacket with a hood, black pants and white tennis shoes with black around the bottom. The first male is approximately 6’1″ and was armed with a black handgun. The second suspect was in all black with a gray hoodie and black tennis shoes. He is approximately 5’5″ and was armed with a silver handgun.

If you have any information in this case you are asked to contact the Butler County Sheriff’s Office at (334) 382-6521 or the Georgiana Police Department at  (334) 376-2222.

They are looking at the surveillance video to see if these suspects might have been involved in other robberies.