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Georgia men shoot up, rob Athens pharmacy for opiates

Channel 2's Nicole Carr reports from Athens where the pharmacy robbery took place.
By Raisa Habersham
April 22, 2016

Police are looking for two men who shot up an Athens pharmacy and demanded oxycodon pills in broad daylight, according to Channel 2 Action News.

Employees at the Village Drug Store on Prince Avenue were threatened at gunpoint Friday by two men wearing orange masks and hoodies.

One of the men pointed a gun at about a dozen employees while the other masked man went behind the counter with a bag for the pills, according to Channel 2.

The men grew impatient with the employee getting the pills and fired a shot into the ceiling, police said.

A witness told police the men left in a green Honda or Acura.

No customers were in the store at the time of the robbery. Police do not believe this was an inside job.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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