January 21, 2011 Atlanta armored truck guard in critical condiiton after being shot www.privateofficer.com
Atlanta GA Jan 21 2011 A gunman who held up an armored car in DeKalb County Friday morning shot the Loomis Armored guard multiple times “without provocation,” the FBI said.
The wounded guard was rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital in serious condition and underwent surgery. His updated condition was not immediately available.
Authorities believe the 9 a.m. robbery, which occurred at the Wells Fargo ATM at 4798 Redan Road, is connected to five other armored car heists since September.
Wells Fargo has announced a reward of up to $10,000 in this case.
As two Loomis couriers were servicing the ATM, “one was approached by an armed assailant who, without provocation, fired on the courier and struck him multiple times,” said Special Agent Stephen Emmett, the FBI spokesman.
The gunman took the courier’s bag containing an undisclosed amount of money and jumped into a white Jeep Cherokee from the late 1980s or early 1990s, Emmett said.
The gunman is described as a 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-11 black man in his 20s or 30s, with a medium build and slight facial hair. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans, and carrying a black semi-automatic .40-caliber handgun.
Emmett said the previous robberies occurred Sept. 14 at a Bank of America on Howell Mill Road in Atlanta; Oct. 7 inside a Mex-America store on South Marietta Parkway in Marietta; Nov. 11 at a Bank of America on Buford Highway in Buford; Nov. 29 at a Wells Fargo on Centerville Highway in Snellville; and Dec. 7 at a Mall of Georgia ATM.
The suspects remain at large.
Anyone with information on any of the robberies should call the FBI at 404-679-9000.
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