ATLANTA — Two people are in custody and two others wanted in connection with a string of armed robberies in midtown Atlanta and in Atlantic Station.
Channel 2’s Audrey Washington was the only reporter on scene just moments after the crimes.
Atlanta police said the armed robberies began earlier Tuesday morning. Police were called to a person being held at gunpoint at Crescent and Peachtree place in Midtown.
That followed another armed robbery at 1200 Peachtree Street. Then the thieves hit again, police said, near the Ikea on 16th Street and an attempted robbery near the Target in Atlantic Station.
Washington was there as police responded to yet another armed robbery, this time behind the BB&T Bank on Peachtree Street.
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The men stole bookbags, purses and laptops during their crime spree.
Atlanta police said in each case the 4 suspects used a silver Kia sedan, which they stole from their first victim.
"I was asleep and I woke up to them putting guns on me," Bryant Pickett said.
Pickett was sleeping inside his car when the men approached.
"'Get on the ground.' They asked me where everything was. I told them I didn't have anything," Pickett said.
Later in the day, an officer spotted that car. The suspects tried to run but two were arrested, Washington learned.
Two others are still on the loose.
If you have any information about the robberies, contact CrimeStoppers at 404-577-8577. You can remain anonymous.
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