SANDY SPRINGS — A man is recovering after he was jumped at knifepoint and carjacked outside a Sandy Springs office building, police say.
The assault happened on Perimeter Center West Parkway near the Sandy Springs MARTA station.
Channel 2's Mike Petchenik learned that several people called 911 after finding the man bleeding in the parking lot and missing his truck.
"I have a pedestrian here. He's been robbed," a security guard told 911. "He's got blood on his face. I think they may have tried to harm him."
"Somebody just stole a car out of the parking lot," another woman told dispatchers.
Police said the man told them three young men came out of nowhere and attacked him with a knife, then took his Toyota truck.
A man was carjacked outside of this #Perimeter area office building. The 911 calls for help, starting at 4. pic.twitter.com/vCDBkEpGv2
— Mike Petchenik (@MPetchenikWSB) July 26, 2019
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The carjackers also took off with everything inside the truck, including the victim's cellphone.
Petchenik reached out to Sandy Springs police, who would only say that the case is under investigation and they weren't going to release any more details.
Gabby Mantilla was visiting the complex when Petchenik told her what happened.
"That's crazy! Oh, God," Mantilla said. "It's, like, a professional building. That's kind of scary people would disrespect such an important place."
It's unclear if police have any leads on the suspects, who the victim said could be as young as teenagers.
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