Carjacking Crew Hits Midtown, Local Walmart Parking Lot, Unsuspecting Good Samaritans
Gun-wielding duo suspected of three armed robberies and shooting one man in the leg last Saturday at the Walmart in unincorporated Stone Mountain.
A series of recent carjackings that spread from Midtown to the downtown connector to unincorporated Stone Mountain resulted in several armed robberies and a non-English speaking man being shot in the back of the leg most likely because he didn’t understand what an armed suspect was saying to him. The crime spree began shortly after midnight this past Friday, Jan. 11, when a female, talking on her phone in a well-lit area on 11th Street, was approached by a man with a gun who quietly robbed her of her phone, purse and personal belongings. A second gunman then appeared and demanded the keys to her 2001 white Honda Accord. According to the Atlanta police, she “threw her keys and ran away.” The crime occurred a block south of the Crescent …
