Man Injured, Robbed in Drive-By Shooting

A man was shot in the thigh last week in a drive-by shooting and robbery in the Norcross area.

According to the Gwinnett County Police report, the victim, 20, told police that he was walking back from an Exxon station on Jimmy Carter with his friend.

As they got closer to his home in the Pebble Creek subdivision near Williams Road, they noticed a car was following them. The car pulled up to them and rolled down their windows. From inside, someone yelled, "Give me everything you have or I'm gonna shoot you." The driver and passenger both had silver handguns.

After he gave them $250, they shot him in the right thigh. The victim's friend was neither robbed nor physically harmed.

Police and investigators met with the victim and his friend at Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville to discuss the incident.

The only thing description on the suspects that the victim gave authorities was that they were black; he couldn't tell what they were wearing or give any other details. He was able to say that their car was an older model gray Impala with tinted windows and "steel" wheels.

The victim told authorities that he wishes not to press charges.

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