Police seeking suspects in multiple violent NW Atlanta robberies

Police released photos Friday of two men suspected in separate violent robberies in northwest Atlanta in recent weeks, and investigators are asking the public for help locating them.

The first incident took place Oct. 1 in the Marietta Street Artery near Georgia Tech, Atlanta police said. Posing as a good Samaritan, the suspect offered help to a man who had forgotten where he parked his car.

However, once they located it, the suspect pulled out a handgun and stole the victim’s vehicle. The car was recovered several days later, police said.

Atlanta police released photos of two recent robbery suspects: a man suspected in a carjacking near Georgia Tech on Oct. 1 (left) and a man accused of beating a store clerk unconscious at a convenience store on Nov. 5.

The second incident occurred Nov. 5 at a convenience store at 1590 Joseph E. Boone Boulevard, which is about three miles away. Just after 6 a.m., a man went inside and began playing on one of the lottery machines, according to the incident report. The report describes a security video showing the suspect going back and forth from the store counter to the lottery machine.

While the man was still in the store, the clerk stepped out from behind the counter and opened the lottery machine, the report said. The suspect then attacked the clerk, punching him repeatedly in the face and head. After taking money from the machine, the suspect took more money from the cash register and kicked down the door to the office, where he took even more cash, amounting to “a large sum of money,” according to police.

While the suspect was in the office, the clerk attempted to lock the store’s front door, the report said. But the man broke through the door and escaped before police arrived.