Macy’s employee shot during robbery in Lenox Square parking deck

Atlanta police are investigating a shooting that happened in the parking deck of Lenox Square.

Atlanta police tell Channel 2 Action News that a Macy’s employee went to her car on the first floor of the parking deck at the mall, when she was approached by two armed men who tried to rob her at gunpoint.

She was shot and taken to a local hospital. Police said she was alert, conscious and breathing at the time. She has been released from the hospital.

“This robbery attempt in broad daylight, at the height of the holiday shopping season when APD and the mall have increased security at and around the mall, is an appalling and brazen criminal act that will be dealt with swiftly. Our investigators are already on scene working to identify the suspects,” police said in a statement to Channel 2 Action News.

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Police are searching for the shooters and released new surveillance images Saturday afternoon.

Police said the shooters are believed to be young and approximately 5’5- 5’10 in height. One was last seen wearing a cream, black and yellow hoodie and the other was wearing a light colored hoodie.

The suspects were last seen running towards Lenox Road and could have possibly ran to the MARTA train station.

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