MACON, Ga. — Bibb deputies are asking for your help in finding the person who robbed a woman at gunpoint outside of a church Sunday.
According to a news release from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office, a 63-year-old woman was walking to her car parked across from New Pleasant Grove Baptist Church on Maynard Street when a man, who had been hiding behind bushes, came up and pointed a gun at her and demanded her purse. After taking the purse, the suspect ran away.
The woman was not hurt.
Deputies spotted the suspect and he ran away. They were able to recover the victim's purse, the clothes that the suspect took off, and the gun he tossed away while running. The purse was missing some of its contents.
The man is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall with a tattoo under his right eye.
If you have any information on this case, you can call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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