Robbery at DeKalb chicken restaurant leads to shootout, police say

An armed robbery at a Mrs. Winner’s restaurant in DeKalb County led to an exchange of gunfire as customers dined Thursday afternoon, police said.

A man entered the fried chicken chain on Glenwood Road about 3:50 p.m. and began firing shots and demanding money, DeKalb police spokesman Sgt. J.D. Spencer said.

A nearby shop owner heard the commotion and rushed to stop the suspect as he left the restaurant, prompting a shootout between the store owner and the robber, police said.

No one in the restaurant was hit or injured when an armed robber exchanged gunfire with a next-door shop owner, according to police.

The robber was able to make it to a car parked outside the restaurant and drive off with an unknown amount of cash, but detectives are not sure whether he was shot, Spencer said.

No one inside the restaurant was injured.