Sledgehammer- and Gun-Wielding Thieves Rob South Nashville McDonald's

NASHVILLE, TN — An unusual armed robbery at a McDonald's and a break-in at battery store are under investigation in South Nashville.

At 1:30 a.m. Friday, surveillance footage showed two men kicked in the door at Battery Sales of Nashville on Polk Avenue. The pair then rummaged and ransacked the store, though nothing was stolen, according to police.

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A half hour later, a pair of men used a sledgehammer to break the window at the McDonald's on Nolensville Road near Interstate 440. They then held the employees at gunpoint and demanded money, fleeing on foot with cash from the safe. Police tracked the men to a nearby area where it's believed they got in a car.

Despite the proximity of the robberies, police will not confirm if the suspects in both are the same.

One suspect was wearing a blue bandanna over his face and the other a grey hoodie.

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