Security Guard Shoots Robber who held up Waffle House with a BB gun
Villa Rica GA Sept 16 2018
A man pointed a gun at Waffle House workers in Georgia early Thursday and tried to rob them, until another customer, an off-duty security guard, stepped in with a gun of their own, according to police.
The attempted robber showed up at the Waffle House on Highway 61 in Villa Rica, Georgia, around 12:30 a.m. on Thursday, according to a police Facebook post. He aimed a gun at the restaurant’s workers and told them he was robbing them, police said.
That’s when a customer eating at the restaurant got out a gun and shot the attempted robber, sending the robber fleeing from the Waffle House, according to police.
The attempted robber left the restaurant in a dark, small vehicle, witnesses told police.
As the robber fled, he dropped his gun, according to police. Police investigating the incident realized that it was actually a BB gun, according to the Facebook post.
Police in Villa Rica, which is about 30 miles west of Atlanta, are asking anyone with information about the Waffle House attempted robbery to call the department.
The police department’s Facebook post about the incident has been shared more than 300 times.
