Waffle House employees and customers were ordered to the ground and robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.
Shortly after 2 a.m., officers responded to the restaurant in the 1300 block of Oconee Street, spokesman Epifanio Rodriguez said in a news release.
They learned two men, one of whom had a gun, ordered two employees and three customers in the restaurant to the ground before taking cellphones, purses and money from the cash register, according to police.
The armed man was wearing a black ski mask, black shirt, camouflage shorts and white shoes at the time of the armed robbery, Rodriguez said. The other man was wearing a black ski mask, black T-shirt, black pants and black tennis shoes.
The investigation is ongoing.
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