Crime & Safety
77-Year-Old Punched In Face At Gwinnett County Kroger: Police
Police said the incident happened at the Kroger on Braselton Highway in Dacula.

DACULA, GA—Gwinnett County Police are looking for the person who they say punched a 77-year-old man in the face as he walked into a grocery store in Dacula.
According to WSB-TV, the victim, who did not want to be identified by name, said on Jan. 23 around 4:30 p.m. he pulled up, saw someone parked in a fire lane, and on his way inside the store, he said, “You're not supposed to park here.”
That's when the elderly man said he was punched in the face. The incident happened at the Kroger on Braselton Highway, the TV station reported.
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When someone 1st tipped me off about an incident at a Dacula Kroger I honestly thought they were exaggerating. But police say someone really did punch a 77 y/o man in the face after that older man told him not to park his car in the store fire lane. It’s all on video. Ch2 at 4pm pic.twitter.com/OyXGU9uzOi
— Tyisha Fernandes (@TyishaWSB) January 28, 2020
Police told the TV station that surveillance video shows a woman, who was in the parked car in the fire lane outside, go in the store, walk up to the victim and say something.
Officials said a man who was with her then assaulted the victim.
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“And the next thing I know, this jerk comes around and just cold-cocks me right flat on the floor,” he told WSB-TV.
If you have any information on this case, you can call the Gwinnett County Police Department at 770-513-5000.
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