Gunmen ambush Roswell businessman

A Sandy Springs pawn shop owner was ambushed, beaten and robbed Thursday night outside his Roswell home by gunmen who then then tied up the rest of his family before demanding money, police said.

The incident happened about 10 p.m. in the Horseshoe Bend subdivision off Holcomb Bridge Road.

Roswell police Lt. James McGee said Arthur Rappaport, 55, “evidently got ambushed.”

Rappaport, who owns a pawn shop in Sandy Springs, told officers that after arriving home from work, he went outside through the garage to walk his dogs.

“As he did, he was approached by two males, both wearing ski masks and gloves,” McGee said.

The suspects pistol-whipped Rappaport in the head.

The suspects then went inside and assaulted and tied up Rappaport’s wife and two juvenile children, a boy and a girl, before fleeing with a “substantial” amount of money, McGee said.

He said all four victims were taken to North Fulton Regional Hospital to be checked out.

“We don’t think it was random,” McGee said. “We do think that this particular residence for whatever reason may have been targeted.”