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GBI: Store owner found dead after Tift County convenience store shooting

GBI: Store owner found dead after Tift County convenience store shooting
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ELDORADO, Ga. (WALB) - One person is dead after a shooting inside a Tift County food mart.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the shooting happened Monday afternoon at the Eldorado Food Mart on U.S. 41 South.

Police say they arrived on-scene to find the store owner dead inside the store as the result of what appears to be a robbery.

No arrests have been made, and the identify of the store owner has not yet been released.

If you have any information about this shooting, you are asked to contact the Tift County Sheriff's office.