Gwinnett County Police arrested an armed robbery suspect who squared off with a Chick-fil-A employee during a bizarre early morning standoff on July 1. Authorities announced that 51-year-old Tommie Lee Williams was apprehended on July 31 with assistance from the U.S. Marshals and the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department.
Officers responded to the Chick-fil-A located at 5075 Stone Mountain Highway around 4:30 a.m. on July 1, after the victim, a delivery driver for the fast-food chain, called 911 to report the attempted robbery. According to police, the suspect shattered a drive-thru window with a rock and entered the restaurant’s kitchen, brandishing a handgun and demanding the delivery driver open the safe, claiming, “You’re going to die if you don’t.”
The delivery driver didn’t know the safe’s combination, and decided that fighting off an armed robber at 4:30 in the morning was a reasonable career move. Surveillance video captured the two men wrestling over the gun for several minutes.
During the physical altercation, the victim managed to remove the suspect’s mask, exposing his face. After several intense minutes of grappling, the suspect fled through a rear exit, making his escape before police arrived.
Detectives canvassed the area, eventually identifying a vehicle believed to belong to the suspect. The vehicle led them to Tommie Lee Williams.
Williams faces an impressive array of charges, including armed robbery, aggravated assault, second-degree burglary, kidnapping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and second-degree criminal damage to property.
There is no word yet on whether the suspect left with any waffle fries or nuggets.
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