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Chick-fil-a Driver Fights Off Armed Robber for Several Minutes Inside Store
The Gwinnett County Police Department has made an arrest of an armed robbery suspect who fought with a Chick-fil-a employee for several minutes during the early morning hours of July 1.
Officers initially responded to the store located at 5075 Stone Mountain Highway around 4:30 a.m. after the victim called 911 to report the robbery attempt. When officers arrived, the victim told them that he was a delivery driver for the business and while he was inside working, the suspect smashed through a drive-thru window with a rock and entered the kitchen area. The suspect told the victim that he was going to die if he didn’t open the safe and pointed a handgun at him. The victim told police that he didn’t know the combination to the safe, so he decided to fight off the armed robber. The two men were captured on surveillance video for several minutes fighting over the gun.
During the physical altercation, the victim was able to pull the suspect’s mask off his face. After several minutes of fighting, the suspect fled the location through a rear exit door and was gone when the police arrived. Investigators were assigned the case and immediately began canvassing the area for evidence related to the suspect’s identity. Detectives were eventually able to identify a vehicle they believed the suspect used to get to the location. That vehicle led to the identification of Tommie Lee Williams (51 years old).
Investigators obtained warrants for Williams for armed robbery, aggravated assault, burglary in the 2nd degree, kidnapping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and criminal damage to property in the 2nd degree. Williams was arrested on July 31 with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals and the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department.
