ROSWELL - Three people tried to rob a pawn shop, but were stopped when the store owner, a former Fulton County sheriff's major, pulled a gun and shot one of them. <br>
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Two men, identified by police as 18-year-old Alvin Lucas of Conley and 23-year-old Jervier Allen of Atlanta, walked in Old Roswell Jewelry and Pawn around 5:45 p.m. Monday. <br>
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They demanded money and jewelry, and forced pawn shop owner Morris Chappell and his wife Rebecca into a back room. <br>
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``While in the back room, gunfire erupted and numerous shots were exchanged between the perpetrators and the owner,'' Roswell police Sgt. James McGee said. <br>
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Lucas was shot at least four times, and the pair ran to a getaway car, driven by 28-year-old Nadine Mortimer, also of Atlanta, police said. Chappell and his wife were not injured. <br>
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Police arrested all three at St. Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta. Lucas remained in the hospital Tuesday after surgery. <br>
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All three are charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault. They also will face child cruelty charges because a 15-month-old boy, believed to be Mortimer's child, was in the car during the robbery. <br>
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Chappell will not face charges, police said.
