An Atlanta pizza delivery guy overpowered and shot a would-be armed robber, police said.
Police say the Northside Drive Papa John's employee, Javares Scott, was attacked Monday around 11:45 p.m. while delivering pizza to a home in the 100 block of Holly Street in northwest Atlanta.
When Scott arrived at the location, he said a man tried to rob him at gunpoint, but he managed to pry the gun away from the attacker and shoot the robber in the process, police spokeswoman Kim Jones said.
Scott returned to the Papa Johns and told his manager about the incident but didn't report it to the authorities, Jones said.
When investigators eventually spoke with Scott, he wasn't able to pick an alleged robber out of a lineup, police said.
Police believe Scott's alleged attacker, Paul Hammonds, was shot in the abdomen and right thigh, police said, and was taken into surgery at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Hammonds told police a man jumped out of the bushes on Holly Street and shot him for no reason, but gave two different descriptions of how the shooter was dressed.
Investigators were able to link the phone used to report the shooting to the number that called to order the pizza, Jones said.
A third man involved in the case, Ahmad Eli Thomas, was charged with giving false information to police, lying about his age, police said.
Investigators were trying to determine what relationship, if any, there is among the individuals involved in the case, police said.
No one has been arrested, Jones said, and the investigation is ongoing.
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