Delivery Truck Driver Shot During Brazen Truck Robbery

Police are investigating a brazen armed robbery along the Hummingbird Highway that left a Country Foods delivery driver fighting for his life. The violent attack unfolded around eight twenty p.m. on Friday, near St. Margaret’s Village, when masked gunmen ambushed the truck as it slowed for what appeared to be road construction. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Stacy Smith, provides more details on the incident.

 

ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer

“Upon arrival, the officers learned that at a wrong eight twenty p.m. three Country Farm products employees were traveling in a delivery truck as they approach a speed bump. Which was under construction near mile thirty-two in St. Margaret’s village, they observed a single cone that was placed in the middle of the roadway as the driver slowed down to pass the obstruction. They heard a single gunshot wound gunshot, and subsequent to that, they were Ted by two mass male persons who exited a vehicle that was parked on the side of the road. Both of these male persons were armed with firearms, and they demanded that the occupants hand over money that was in their position. The employees were removed from the truck search and rubbed off their personal belongings. The assailants then demanded that they handed over the key to the safe that is installed in the vehicle. However, none of the occupants had the key in their possession. While the robbers were searching the truck, two of the employees managed to escape into nearby bushes, and the third employee was shot multiple times before the assailant fled the scene. The injured employee remains in critical but stable condition. Scenes of crime personnel were summoned to the scene, and police have reviewed the available surveillance footage in an effort to identify. The vehicle and the suspects in relation to this incident. Although the review of these footages have thus far been unsuccessful, we are expanding the search and are hopeful that it will lead us to some information that will help us to advance this investigation.”