Church's Chicken Employee Gary Andrews Killed During Robbery

DECATUR, Ga. - A Church’s Chicken employee was shot and killed during a robbery on Saturday night, police said.

The shooting occurred at the restaurant on Flat Shoals Parkway and Wesley Chapel Road in Decatur.
 
The restaurant owner said there were six employees working when two armed robbers entered the store at about 8 p.m. Police said one employee was shot and killed, and five others escaped unharmed.

Police said the two robbers ran away. They searched the restaurant while employees and family members consoled each other outside.

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ATLANTA - DeKalb County police hope a cell phone left behind during a deadly restaurant robbery will help lead them to the killer.

Police say two armed men walked into Church's Chicken on Flakes Mill Road Saturday night, and tried to rob it.

Police say an employee, Gary Andrews, stepped in to make sure no one got hurt.

Andrews was shot and killed. He's being called a hero.

Investigators say the robbers took off on foot. They believe a cell phone found at the scene belongs to one of the gunmen.