Man Carjacked At Lindbergh In Buckhead: Report

ATLANTA, GA -- An Atlanta man is thankful to be alive after being carjacked late Tuesday in Buckhead, according to news reports. Hedges Ferguson had just entered the parking deck at the Lindbergh MARTA Station when the incident happened.

While one of the gunmen has been apprehended, the other one is still at large. (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.)

Ferguson said that he was coming home from work and had just parked his vehicle. When he opened the door, two gunmen were upon him, pointing a firearm at his chest and demanding his keys, he told local media.

"Soon as I opened the door, they had it (the gun) at my chest," he told WAGA-TV. Ferguson said he put his hands in the air.

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Authorities briefly stopped rail service on two MARTA lines as part of the investigation into the incident, WSB-TV reports. "NB & SB rail service is resuming through Lindbergh. Extensive delays are continuing.," the agency said in a tweet Tuesday evening.

The gunmen got away in Ferguson's 2009 Lexus rx350 but they didn't get far. The driver crashed the vehicle a few blocks away and was caught by police. The other perpetrator scaled a MARTA wall and got away.

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