Police: Man Shot in Head, Expected to Survive (Update)

A Gwinnett County man is expected to survive after he was shot in the head in his home Friday afternoon.

Police say the man was shot around 12:30 p.m. after he wrestled with an intruder at 702 Valley View Drive in unincorporated Stone Mountain. This is an area south of Annistown Road near Yellow River Park, not far from the Centerville area.

The man was taken to Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville.

Police did not immediately know if the house was targeted for a specific reason or was chosen at random.

Police said in an email that officers were dispatched to the residence on a person-shot call and found the injured man.

Preliminary investigation showed that the man’s girlfriend was awaken by the man’s calls for help and found him wrestling with an unknown black male. She went to a neighbor’s house to call police, then heard gunshots from the home.

“As she was going back to the home, she saw 3 suspects (all black males),” police spokeswoman Cpl. Michele Pihera said in the email. “Two of the suspects were fleeing in a blue truck, and one suspect was seen fleeing on foot running toward the back of the home.”

None of the suspects had been found Friday afternoon.

Police said the girlfriend has been cooperative in the investigation, which is still active.

If you have any information to share in this case, contact Detective Kenck at 770-513-5300. To remain anonymous, tipsters should contact Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS (8477) or visit www.crimestoppersatlanta.org<http://www.crimestoppersatlanta.org/. Crime Stoppers tipsters can receive up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in this case.