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New details have emerged in the murder of local bartender John Henderson, who was gunned down early Wednesday morning inside the Standard Food and Spirits on Memorial Drive.
According to Atlanta police, an officer was in the area minutes before the shooting in a patrol car across the street from the bar.
The four suspects gained entrance to the facility by smashing a window. Once inside, they reportedly moved Henderson and a female employee to a back room where they demanded money. Police say that Henderson and the fellow employee complied and gave them the money. Henderson was then shot nine times, while the female was left unharmed.
According to police, the female worker was able to hide in a cabinet when the robbers weren't watching.
Crime Stoppers Atlanta (www.crimestoppersatlanta.org) has increased the award to $10,000 in the case.
The Grant Park Neighborhood Association has set up a memorial fund to collect donations for the family of John Henderson who died from gun shot wounds inflicted during a robbery at The Standard restaurant early Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009. John was a resident of Cabbagetown and worked at Six Feet Under before moving to work at The Standard.
Donations to the John Henderson Memorial Fund may be made two ways:
1. Online at GrantPark.org and follow the link to make a donation via credit card.
2. Mail the Grant Park Neighborhood Association
P. O. Box 89235, Atlanta GA, 30312 to make a donation via check. Please designate "John Henderson Memorial Fund" on the check.
An employee at the Standard Food and Spirits on Memorial Drive is dead after being shot multiple times in a robbery at the facility.
According to authorities, John Henderson, 27, a bartender, died early Wednesday morning at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Police say that as two employees were closing up the restaurant early in the morning, four men threw a rock through the front window of the establishment. After entering the restaurant, the four suspects reportedly demanded and received cash from the employees, then shot one of the two employees.
The surviving victim, a female, was not injured.
New details have emerged in the murder of local bartender John Henderson, who was gunned down early Wednesday morning inside the Standard Food and Spirits on Memorial Drive.
