51-year-old Tommie Lee Williams was arrested in Gwinnett County, Georgia after attempting an armed robbery at a Chick-fil-A restaurant around 4:30 am.
Williams, allegedly armed and masked, broke into the Chick-fil-A at Stone Mountain Highway, according to the Gwinnett County Police Department. Williams then threatened a delivery driver present in the kitchen area using a handgun.
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“When officers arrived, the victim told them that he was a delivery driver for the business and while he was inside working, the suspect smashed through a drive-thru window with a rock and entered the kitchen area,” wrote the Gwinnett County Police Department in a Facebook post.
“The suspect told the victim that he was going to die if he didn’t open the safe and pointed a handgun at him. The victim told police that he didn’t know the combination to the safe, so he decided to fight off the armed robber,” the post continued.
A Chick-Fil-A delivery driver successfully fought off an armed robber Wednesday morning around 4:30 am. (Gwinnett County Police Department via Facebook)
The surveillance footage shows the two men fighting for several minutes over the gun, with the Chick-fil-A driver ultimately fending off the armed robber.
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During the tussle, the Chick-fil-A worker successfully removed the armed robber’s mask, which assisted police in corroborating the suspect’s identity. Williams then fled from the premises out a back door, according to police.
Detectives with the Gwinnett County Police Department were eventually able to identify a vehicle believed to have been used in the would-be robbery which led to the arrest of Tommie Lee Williams.
51-year-old Tommie Lee Williams was arrested Wednesday for the attempted robbery of Chick-Fil-A in Gwinnett County. (Gwinnett County Police Department via Facebook)
Williams was arrested for armed robbery, aggravated assault, burglary in the 2nd degree, kidnapping, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and criminal damage to property in the 2nd degree.
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Tommie Lee Williams was arrested by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department with the assistance of U.S. Marshals.
