SAVANNAH, Ga — Police are searching for two men who pretended to be Amazon delivery drivers, attacked a man, and nearly killed him.
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According to the police report, two men dressed like Amazon workers in Savannah, Georgia walked up to a home on Saturday morning carrying a package and knocked on the door.
George “Dick” Hardison, 66, opened the door, and the men forced their way inside, our sister station WSB-TV reported.
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The police report states that the men demanded money before beating Hardison with a sledgehammer. The two men made off with just $80.
Footage shows the men leaving the home with the same package they walked up with. In the video, you can hear Hardison shouting for help, according to WSB-TV.
Hardison was rushed to the hospital where he got 14 stitches in his head.
Amazon shared a statement with CBS-affiliate WTOC that confirmed the men were not making a scheduled delivery:
“Based off our internal investigation, we can confirm that these individuals were not making a scheduled delivery for Amazon. We monitor the Internet regularly for unauthorized Amazon apparel and demand that those items be removed when and where we can. People who make deliveries on behalf of Amazon do not routinely knock on doors nor ask customers to sign for packages unless already prearranged.”
As he recovers, Hardison’s coworkers at O’Connell’s Pub in Savannah have started a GoFundMe campaign that has raised over $8,700.
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