Buckhead restaurant manager pistol-whipped during robbery, police say

Four masked robbers armed with guns stormed into a Buckhead restaurant Saturday morning before pistol-whipping the manager and making off with more than $3,000 in cash, police said.

Officers responded to the armed robbery at the Velvet Taco on West Paces Ferry Road just before 4:45 a.m., Atlanta police spokesman James White said.

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Employees told police four people in masks entered through a back door and ordered them to the ground.

They forced the restaurant's manager to open the safe before striking her with a gun and leaving with $3,255, authorities said.

Nobody was seriously injured in the robbery, and police have not made any arrests, White said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Atlanta police.

Channel 2 Action News received this statement from the restaurant:

"The safety of our team members and guests is our utmost priority. We are fortunate no one was injured and everyone is safe. We are cooperating with the authorities on this incident and because of the on-going investigation this is all we can comment on at this time. "

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