Security Guard Shot On Ponce

Atlanta police are looking for two men in connection with an early morning robbery and shooting on Juniper Street near Ponce de Leon Avenue.

The shooting victim, Joseph Carter, is a security guard at 116 Ponce de Leon Ave.

The robbery victim, 25, told police he was walking down Juniper at about 3 a.m. when he noticed a vehicle following him, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The victim said a man jumped out of the car and robbed him of his wallet at gunpoint, the newspaper said.

Carter, hearing the victim's screams, ran outside and was shot. He was treated at the scene.

The car the robbers were in was later seen by police, who pursued.

But the two mend ditched the vehicle on Boulevard and escaped in an apartment building.