HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — What ended with violence started out like any other call for one pizza delivery driver last Wednesday night. Someone placed an order for two pizzas and a 2-liter Fanta at a Domino's in Henry County.
Domino's driver Michael Giza hopped in his car and headed to Misty Ridge Trail in Stockbridge, where things took a dangerous turn.
Giza said the first time he knocked on the door, no one appeared to be home, so he left.
Shortly after, he got a call saying to return to the home because the customer had been in the bathroom, but police said it was all a ploy.
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"(I) went and knocked on the door again. I waited 5, 10 minutes because of the handicap ramp," Giza said.
Again, no one came to the door. When Giza started walking to his car, he said he was ambushed by two young men who had been hiding on the side of the house. One was wearing a mask and had a brick in his hand.
"We (now) know the call was a setup," Giza told Channel 2 Action News. "They were talking about getting a gun, and they mentioned that four to five times."
Giza said the suspects wanted money. They got away with $20, the pizza and the 2 liter drink, but only after hitting Giza with the brick.
"(I) just got scrapes up on my arm, and when I was able to get back in my car, the one with the brick had put his hand on my window, and hit me in the back of the head with the brick," Giza said.
One of the thieves even damaged the side of his car and cracked his navigation screen.
"It pissed me off (because) I had just gotten my car fixed a couple weeks ago," Giza said.
Lester Dotson lives in the neighborhood where Giza was robbed.
“It's making me think because there's a lot of teenagers in this neighborhood kind of running around in people's yards and stuff so basically I’m not surprised,” Dotson said.
He said they've had a few petty thefts recently, but nothing like this.
“I hope they catch them guys because maybe I might be next,” Dotson said.
Giza was not able to get a good look at his attackers, but he said they seemed to be in their late teens or early 20s.
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