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Man with 6 Guns and Body Armor Arrested at Atlanta Grocery Store

Officers responded to the store at around 1:35 p.m. and met with management who said the armed man entered the store's restroom. Responding officers found the man and immediately detained him.

March 25, 2021
Man with 6 Guns and Body Armor Arrested at Atlanta Grocery Store

Atlanta officers took six guns off the suspect. (Photo: Atlanta PD)

Days after 10 people were shot and killed at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, employees were alarmed when a man armed with multiple weapons entered the Publix in Atlantic Station on Wednesday. 

Officers responded to the store at around 1:35 p.m. and met with management who said the armed man entered the store's restroom. Responding officers found the man and immediately detained him, they told  11 Alive .

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Officers discovered he had six guns—a shotgun, a rifle, and four handguns—and body armor.

Atlanta Police later said the 22-year-old man was taken into custody and charged with five counts of criminal attempt-aggravated assault and six counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.