Armed robbery of juveniles at Piedmont Park

According to the Atlanta Police Department, two men were arrested on armed robbery charges overnight in midtown after allegedly being a part of a larger group that had robbed a pair of juveniles in nearby Piedmont Park.

APD Zone 5 officers responded to a pedestrian robbery call at the park around 11:45 p.m. After receiving a description of the suspects and a general direction they had fled in, a subsequent canvass of “the midtown neighborhood” resulted in two of the five suspects being apprehended.

According to APD Officer Kim Jones, a further canvass of the area yielded a weapon that was used by the suspects. The gun was a type of pellet gun that looked like a "full sized semi auto 9mm or 40 cal pistol" wrote Officer Jones.

The suspects, Dwight Young and Kristopher White, both age 22, were charged with armed robbery. Young had a warrant out for his arrest from the Lawrenceville Police Department for a probation violation. 

It is not known the ages or sex of the victims, who were both uninjured and were later transported from the scene by a parent.