Crime & Safety

Shotgun-Wielding Man Allegedly Held Up Roswell Resident

The following information was supplied by Roswell Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

are still looking into an alleged attempted armed robbery at a residence off Bowen Road recently.

A Roswell resident told police he and his girlfriend were in his garage working on his vehicle late in the evening when a man carrying a pump-style shotgun approached him from behind and said "don't move." After his girlfriend ran into the house and he had ducked behind the vehicle, the suspect ran off down Bowen Road toward Jones Road, the victim told police.

The suspect was decribed as an African American male wearing black pants and an oversized black polo-style shirt, in the police report.

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Police have listed the case as "active" and are still investigating the alleged incident.


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