Cell phone store worker kills robber in Forest Park

An employee of a Forest Park cell phone store fatally shot a man trying to rob the store Monday night, police said.

Tyrie Rolland, 18, of Decatur and another man entered the Metro PCS cell phone store in the 4000 block of Jonesboro Road about 8 p.m. Monday and tried to rob two workers closing up the shop, Forest Park police Maj. Chris Matson.

Gunfire was exchanged between the suspects and one of the workers, and Rolland was hit in the head, Matson said. Rolland died at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Matson said the shooting by the worker appears to be self-defense and no charges have been filed. He said detectives are reviewing the store surveillance tape to help identify the second suspect.

Matson said police are also looking for the driver of the getaway vehicle, a white pick-up truck.