Police ID Suspect Killed at Buckhead BK

Officials have now identified a man killed Wednesday morning at a Burger King in Buckhead, and Gwinnett County police are officially linking the slain robber to a string of similar incidents in the area.

Cpl. Jake Smith, of Gwinnett County Police Department, said the man was identified as 31-year-old Jimmy Allen of Atlanta. Police say he is the same person responsible for approximately 20 armed Burger King robberies in the metro Atlanta area.  Six of those were in Gwinnett, .

Allen was killed Wednesday morning, Aug. 10, as he attempted to rob the  at 2425 Peachtree Road, near Lindbergh Drive, according to Atlanta Police. Police said Allen entered the Burger King when it opened at 5:45 a.m. and tried to hold up the restaurant, but an employee was able to trip a silent alarm.

Maj. Keith Meadows of the Atlanta Police Department told reporters that an officer responded and saw that the man had a gun. The officer asked the man to surrender, and he turned. Police then fired twice at the robber, striking him. Allen then staggered out the back door of the restaurant. He was eventually confronted again by the police officer, who fired at least seven more shots, striking the robber and killing him.

Allen, who had a large amount of cash on him, died in the parking lot.

Police would not release the name of the officer involved, and said he would be put on three days of administrative leave pending a review of the incident. Meadows said the officer involved in the shooting is a police force veteran.

"He established the correct tactical advantage in the restaurant and in the parking lot," Meadows said. 

Most of this report originated at Buckhead Patch, for which Louis Mayeux is the local editor.