Former Marine fends off robbers in Atlanta, kills one
A group of robbers in Atlanta picked the wrong victim.
Police say former Marine Thomas Autry fought off four attackers last night with a pocket knife. They say he killed one and seriously wounded another.
Detective Danny Stephens says Autry was walking home from his waiter job when attackers armed with a shotgun and a pistol chased him. The detective says Autry pulled the knife out of his backpack when the group caught him.
Stephens says the 36-year-old's "training kicked in and he knew what to do." He kicked the shotgun out of one attacker's hands and stabbed a 17-year-old girl who jumped on him, as well as a man who also attacked.
The suspects fled, but police say they found them at a hospital, where the girl was pronounced dead.
Stephens says they face robbery and aggravated assault charges and are suspected in other robberies over the past week. Autry will not be charged.