Taxi driver fights back, helps capture armed robbery suspect in Gwinnett County

A taxi driver who became the victim of an armed robbery in Gwinnett County took matters into his own hands, following and confronting the suspect before police arrived.

He was dropping off a passenger at the 1700 Exchange Apartments on Treehouse Parkway when the passenger, identified by police as Gerson Alvarez, 18, allegedly pulled out a Glock 19 pistol with a laser attachment.

“He put the gun to my head,” the driver told Channel 2′s Matt Johnson in Spanish…

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