DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office arrests man accused of shooting at pharmacy employee and customers

DEKALB COUNTY, GA– The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Unit, with assistance by DeKalb Police K9 and S.W.A.T. Units, arrested a suspect accused of shooting at customers and an employee while they were inside a Tucker, Georgia pharmacy.

Stone Mountain, Georgia resident Malcolm Emmanel Nicholas, 30, was located and taken into custody on Aug. 3, following the July 28 incident.  He was arrested without incident at an Arbor Circle residence in Tucker.

Arrest warrants charge Nicholas with multiple counts of Aggravated Assault Weapon, a felony, against three customers and one employee at a LaVista Road pharmacy in Tucker on July 28, 2023.

Nicholas allegedly became e involved in an argument with an unnamed person at the location and began firing a handgun into the store near the employee and three customers. No one was injured in the incident.

Nicholas was arrested by DeKalb Sheriff’s investigators and transported to the DeKalb County Jail, where he is being held without bond.