A cashier at a Lowndes County gas station was hit over the head during an armed robbery on Saturday.
Around 9:15 p.m. Saturday, a man carrying a pistol entered the Prairie Point Chevron station on Highway 45 South, according to the Lowndes County Sheriff”s Office in a report on WCBI.com. The man allegedly asked for cash, and struck the employee before leaving the store with an unreported amount.
The clerk declined medical care and described the suspect as a 6-foot, 200-pound, black male who was wearing a long, hooded, black jacket.
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