An armed military veteran who worked at a Georgia food bank assisted police by holding a suspect who was being pursued by officers at gunpoint until they arrived.
William Joyner, a quick-thinking manager at Feeding GA Families and a military veteran, sprang into action Monday night in College Park, Georgia, when a suspect being pursued by police rushed through the parking lot of the food bank with a gun. WAGA-TV reported.
After being told about the situation by a co-worker, Joyner grabbed her gun, reloaded it, and ran out to help.
Joyner can be seen on security footage running outside with her gun drawn before confronting the suspect.
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Georgia food bank manager William Joyner helped police detain a suspect during a chase.
(Feeding GA Families)
“I told him to get on the ground, the police are on their way,” Joyner told WAGA-TV reporter Rob DiRienzo. “Just get on your knees with your hands up.”
The suspect, identified by police as 20-year-old Jordan Shelley, refused to show his other hand, according to Joyner.
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(L) James Green (D) Jordan Shelley
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“The whole time his hand was sliding toward the gun,” Joyner explained. “I was telling him, don’t make me kill you, because I will.”
At that moment, a College Park police officer came around the corner with a Taser and arrested the suspect.
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College Park Georgia police took 2 suspects into custody after a car chase Monday
(WAGA-TV)
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Police say 21-year-old Shelley and James Green fled from police in a stolen car before crashing into a bus stop, at which point Green was arrested and Shelley fled towards the food bank.
Shelley and Green face obstruction charges and Green was also charged with theft and criminal damage to property, WAGA-TV reported.
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, Feeding GA Families said: “Every person (volunteer, staff and customer) at our facility becomes part of our extended ‘family.’ We have security measures in place, but will implement additional measures as we treat to secure funding for a new home for the organization due to safety concerns, an increased customer base and much-needed expansion to better serve our communities in need.”
The College Park Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
