Mrs. Winner's Robbed at Lunch

Published July 20, 2009 at 10:08 p.m.

(WSB Radio)  A lunch at Mrs. Winner's was anything but on Monday.

East Point Police Detective Cliff Chandler tells WSB an Atlanta firefighter was eating lunch at the Mrs. Winners on Headland Drive and McAlpine Drive, when a man decided to hold up the place just after 1 o'clock.

"When he observed that the robbery was taking place, he fled the restaurant in an attempt to seek cover.  As he was fleeing, the other firefighters who were on the apparatus observed this and they also sought cover," said Chandler.

In the meantime, the robber, who was armed with a gun, took money from the register and fled the scene, only to run into the firefighters on his way out.

"At some point, the suspect encountered the firefighters and three shots were fired.  We're trying to determine now whether he was actually firing at the firefighters or was he just trying to fire in the air," said Chandler.

No one was struck, but one officer was injured trying to escape and another suffered chest pains during the incident.  Both were taken to the hospital.

The search continues for the suspect, described as a black male, in his late teens or early twenties, approximately 6', thin-build, wearing blue jeans and a dark long-sleeved shirt with white tennis shoes.

Chandler says the boldness of the suspect to hit in broad daylight during lunch hour is something he has no words for.

"I don't even know how to characterize it, he laughed.  I really don't have words, I just don't," said Chandler.

July 20,2009

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