Hibbett Sports Black Friday

Hibbett Sports into the Starlite Center in Elizabethtown was robbed at gunpoint about an hour or so ahead of the store shut Thursday night.

Elizabethtown Police division spokesman Virgil Willoughby said police were called towards shop at 7:47 p.m. He stated two black men wearing black colored hoodies joined the shop and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

He stated among males had a black colored handgun throughout the burglary.

After receiving money from a shop employee, the guys fled the shop and left the plaza in a car. Only a little after 9 p.m. Thursday evening, EPD automobiles were parked in front of and near Hibbett Sports.

The shop closes at 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. No other information ended up being offered Thursday evening whilst the investigation goes on.

Hibbett Sports may be the second shop when you look at the plaza becoming robbed within the last 12 months.

Last Oct. 27, three males robbed Dollar Tree – close to Hibbett Sports – of $1, 300 along with taking debit cards, cash, a phone and secrets from workers. The guys had been caught and convicted of this burglary in-may.