Decatur Police Alert: Armed Robbery in Oakhurst
Decatur Metro | August 4, 2013Decatur PD sent out this alert last night….
On 08/03/13 at 6:31pm, Decatur Police responded to an armed robbery of two pedestrians in the 400 block of Fayetteville Road. The suspects ran up behind the victims and one pointed a handgun and demanded everything from the victim’s pockets. A wallet and set of keys were taken. The suspects then ran to a newer model charcoal gray Dodge Charger (unknown tag) and fled south toward Hosea Williams Boulevard.
Suspect #1:
-African-American male
-14-17 years old
-Approximately 5’8-5’9 and 130 lbs
-Dark brown complexion
-Short afro
-Thin build
-Clean shaven
-Wearing a dark hoodie and jeans
-Armed with a black semi-automatic handgunSuspect #2:
-African-American male
-14-17 years old
-Approximately 5’11
-Dark brown complexion
-Thin build
-Possibly wearing red and white clothingAtlanta Police and DeKalb Police were notified of this incident.
Ughh…how many of the latest armed robbery suspects have been arrested…last 2 months?
More teen suspects and more daytime incidents. So frustrating. Keep your eyes open and aware of your surroundings and be safe everyone.
Very concerning that this cluster of armed robberies by minors continues. If it’s the same few teens doing it, it’s just a matter of time before they are caught. But, if it’s a trend in serious criminal activity by minors, it’s harder to address, no matter how good our Decatur police are. Law enforcement will have to get a handle on what is new–gangs? Access of minors to guns? Deteriorating neighborhoods nearby?
Teens on the wrong side of the law can live anywhere. Adolescence is a vulnerable age when the wrong influences can have disastrous effects. There’s teens living in our nice neighborhoods who have been apprehended breaking and entering cars and stealing. That’s bad but It’s the use of force, especially guns, by teens during criminal activity that is so scary. Their developing brains are more prone to impulsive, immature, and reckless snap decisions. Those snap decisions could be fatal.
I saw a teen try to hop into someone’s car two weeks ago. This was at the intersection of McDonough and Oakview. This was when I was riding my bike and no one else was around. The car got a way and the teen pretended like nothing happened and walked up McDonough. I called 911. They are bold and brazen. Be aware of your surroundings.
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that is crazy…this is all crazy.
Are you sure it just wasn’t some sort of non criminal activity by people who knew each other?
Not for a bystander to judge. If it looks suspicious, call.
Rusty glad you saw the attempted car jacking and glad you stuck around to guide the police to his/her location for the arrest via your phone and bike. Too often nobody sticks around and the individual gets away and are able to harm others.
Hard for me to believe that I should feel foolish for taking a walk yesterday evening with my 16 y.o. daughter from my home off of Candler over to the U-joint. So much for feeling privileged to live in a walkable community. I feel very sad for our community. And I also pity these young, desperate children with guns. These young fools have no qualms about endangering all of our lives for a couple of iPhones. Very troubling.
I agree- we are not as happy living here anymore and feel nervous to send my child to park alone. I am sure the housing market will flow down because I wouldn’t move here right now. Do we have any leadership if the city concerned?
Monday morning incident report –
Police activity on Monday morning near Oakhurst Park, possible a hold up on Leyden.
My wife was at Oakhurst Park and heard gunshots then saw the police apprehend a suspect.
Then a second call to police on Cambridge.
Stay safe out there and report any suspicious activity immediately.
What time in the morning? With this latest hold-up and school just starting, my tipping point has been reached. Neither 6:30 PM on a Saturday during daylight savings time nor a weekday morning are what I have considered a dangerous time to be out in the City of Decatur during the last decade. Hope apprehended suspect can be shown to be related to several of this summer’s violent crimes. Because I’m wondering if I have to make parts of Decatur off-limits for my children to walk unsupervised. It seems crazy to contemplate but could students walking home or to after-school activities within the City of Decatur be at substantive risk of being mugged?
Police are saying it wasn’t a shooting/robbery, that’s good. But the people in Oakhurst Park were told to “get down” after hearing what sounded like “firecrackers”. I may have jumped the gun about the nature of the crime, but there was police activity – let’s see what they say.
Also, we made the news last night for an armed robbery on Fayetteville on Saturday:
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/teen-robbers-targeting-decatur-neighborhood/nZDwH/
They only got away with keys and a wallet, but still brandished a gun and then took off in a Dodge Charger during daylight hours.
I am glad the police have caught a few of these guys – and we do have great police – but seems like we are still not done with the crimes yet.
Arriba, I think the news clip is referencing the same robbery that this post is about- both on Fayetteville. Unless there were two robberies on Fayetteville Saturday night?
Can’t the police apprehend any minor who’s not in school during school hours? They should just stop and question every minor of every race who is skipping school and search them for weapons during school hours.
Yup. Once, on a school day morning, I strolled into the Library only to find a classmate of my son. Asked him what was up and he said he was sick. I got out my school directory and called his home to let them know he was sick and in the library. Community policing, community mothering.
As long as the police question all teens, not just those of one race/ethnicity/religioj/sex, should be ok. What’s a bit hard right now is that many of the school systems around us are still out for the summer until August 12.
We in Forrest Hills have a Neighborhood Watch and report any suspicious activity. The police have been arriving 5 to 10 minutes after a call to 911. Some people have been caught in the act of breaking and entering. We have had less problems lately due to the increased police patrolling, neighborhood watch, and quick reporting by neighbors.