Smash-and-grab burglars who broke into an AT&T store in northeast Atlanta early Tuesday apparently also tried to shoot their way into a storage room, according to police.
Atlanta police spokeswoman Kim Jones told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the burglars used a sledge hammer to smash the glass front door of the AT&T store in the 2500 block of Piedmont Road just before 4:30 a.m.
Jones said an employee at a nearby Home Depot saw three or four males inside the store taking items.
"The caller advised the suspects were driving a silver F-150 pickup truck and a black four-door sedan," she said in an e-mail. "Officers canvassed the area and located the silver pickup truck abandoned at Buford Highway just north of Armour Drive."
Several AT&T electronic items were found inside the truck, Jones said.
"During the investigation, a spent .380-caliber shell casing was found inside the store, along with a bullet hole in the storage door," Jones said. "Blood was also found on the storage door inside the business and on the electronic items inside the pickup truck."
About the Author
