3 accused of holding Family Dollar employees at gunpoint in SW Atlanta

Police are looking for three men who stole hundreds of dollars from a Family Dollar store in southwest Atlanta on Tuesday.

The masked men are accused of entering the store in the 1900 block of Metropolitan Parkway around 7:20 p.m. with handguns and rifles. Video footage from inside the store appeared to show two of them wearing all black sweats and another wearing a gray hoodie. At least two of the men wore blue gloves.

The suspects held the employees at gunpoint and forced them to open the cash register, police said. They fled the location with about $850.

Authorities said no injuries were reported.

The Family Dollar is near several other stores and just off I-85 and Langford Parkway.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, text information to 274637 or visit the Crime Stoppers website .

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