Crime & Safety

Man Robbed at Gunpoint in East Atlanta

Victim was unhurt.

Atlanta police report that a man was robbed at gunpoint in East Atlanta Village early Wednesday shortly after leaving the East Side Lounge.

The victim told police he left the bar at about 4 a.m., Nov. 28 and was headed south on Flat Shoals Avenue toward Glenwood Avenue in search of a taxicab.

As he walked, a gunman came up from behind armed with a .22 caliber gun.

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The gunman took the victim's mobile phone and wallet and ran to the parking lot behind My Sister's Room at 1271 Glenwood.

Once there, he got into a waiting car, which sped away.

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