Shots Fired at Gwinnett Police During Robbery Attempt (Update)

Updated 3 p.m.

Police said a robbery suspect shot at least once at an officer around noon on Monday at a Norcross-area apartment complex.

Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Michele Pihera said in a media update that the officers from the West Precinct responded to a robbery call at Ashford Jackson Creek Apartments at 2379 Sunrise Village Lane.

“When one of the officers arrived on scene, he made contact with the suspect who fled into one of the apartment units,” Pihera said in the update. “When the officer heard the sound of glass breaking on the side the building, he confronted the suspect attempting to run up a hill.”

Pihera said the officer drew his weapon and order the suspect to stop. The suspect fired at the officer, but missed. The officer did not fire his weapon.

Police said the suspect had a silver semi-automatic handgun.

He is described as a black male, 5-10 to 6-1, and around 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a dark Braves baseball hat, white shirt, zip-up hoodie and jeans.

“The motive of the robbery is still unknown at this time,” Pihera said. “The victim and an uninvolved witness stayed on scene. We don’t know the relationship between the suspect and the victim.”

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Gwinnett Police officers were shot at by alleged robbery suspects early Monday afternoon at a Norcross-area apartment complex.

No officers were struck, but the suspect fled on foot, Gwinnett Police spokesperson Cpl. Michele Pihera said in an email around 1:30 p.m.

The incident happened at the Ashford Jackson Creek Apartments on Sunrise Village Lane in unincorporated Norcross.

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