Atlanta police and the FBI suspect that a brazen midday armored car robbery in Atlanta might be an inside job.
The robbery occurred at a BP gas station on Cascade road near 285 shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday. An unarmed man approached the driver as he left the gas station convenience store. After a brief scuffle, the man snatched a bag of money from the driver and fled on foot, Fulton County police spokeswoman Cpl. Kay Lester told the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
“He motioned for a weapon but he did not present one,” Lester said. “A scuffle ensued between the two ending in shots fired by the guard.” Lester said the man escaped with an undisclosed sum of money.
Lester noted that the robbery involved unusual circumstances. “It is unusual,” she said. “Usually, there is a weapon” during the robbery.
Suspecting the robbery might be an inside job, Lester cuffed the unidentified driver and placed him in the back of a patrol car.
Law enforcement officials are searching for a black man wearing a black and white hooded sweatshirt and tan pants. The man is driving a gray Nissan Pathfinder with a window shot out, police said.
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