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Landscaper robbed of blowers at gunpoint in Buckhead neighborhood

ATLANTA — A landscaping company employee was robbed at gunpoint in a Buckhead neighborhood.

The incident happened on Tuesday, July 1, in the 600 block of Andover Drive in the Mt. Paran area.

According to security officials, the victim, an employee of a landscaping company, said that two men emerged from a black Ford Focus, pointed a semi-automatic handgun at his chest and demanded his blowers.

He complied and the men left with the blowers, security officials said. The vehicle was last seen traveling on Andover Drive toward Northside Drive.

The victim was not injured. The robbers are described as black males between the ages of 18 and 20.