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New Chick-fil-A robbed at gunpoint

A Chick-fil-A restaurant in northeast Atlanta was robbed at gunpoint.
A Chick-fil-A restaurant in northeast Atlanta was robbed at gunpoint.
By Steve Burns
May 14, 2018

A Chick-fil-A restaurant that has been open only since January was robbed at gunpoint Monday, police said.

Shortly before 11 a.m., a man went into the Vine City location in the 800 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW and brandished a gun, Officer Lisa Bender said.

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The man demanded money from the cashier and left with an undetermined amount, Bender said. He left in a dark sedan.

No injuries were reported. The robbery unit is investigating.

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