Georgia restaurant employee shoots and kills armed intruder after being pistol-whipped

A Georgia restaurant employee shot an armed intruder in self-defense after a he was pistol-whipped in the course of an attempted robbery of the restaurant last week.

The employee was knocked to the ground and began fighting over the gun with the intruder, who police identified as 23-year-old Joshua Hickey, eventually pulling out his own legally owned pistol and fired at his attacker three times, striking him twice. Michael Lee is a writer at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter @UAMichaelLee

"Basically a male entered, later found to be Joshua Hickey, entered with a mask and a hood on. He did have a semi-automatic pistol," Sergeant Justin Clark told WMAZ. "The restaurant worker was struck, hit the ground. As he was coming back up, he drew his own legally-owned firearm and fired three shots at Mr. Hickey. Mr. Hickey was struck twice and fled on foot."