Rico Marley, 22, is charged with five counts of criminal attempt to commit a felony and six counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony

He was arrested with an arsenal of of five guns inside a grocery store in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon

An employee at Publix supermarket overheard someone loading clips into weapons in a store bathroom and prompted store management to call 911

Police surprised the suspect and arrested him without firing a shot

The suspect was wearing body armor and had loaded weapons including an AR-15 rifle, when he was arrested

The vigilant store employee said seeing the man in the bathroom immediately brought images of Monday’s mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado that left 10 people dead

A man with at least 5 guns, body armor arrested after walking into Atlanta grocery store on Wednesday.
A worker at Publix supermarket in Atlanta heard ‘clicking sounds,’ and it sounded to him like someone was loading weapons inside a restroom stall, he told police. Then he saw an an ‘AR-15-style rifle’ leaning against the wall.
The sharp-eyed Instacart worker is getting credit for helping officers to stop the man wearing body armor and carrying a half-dozen guns from roaming through the Publix grocery store Wednesday, police said.
The new details are included in police incident reports released Thursday by Atlanta police. The man’s intentions are not explained in the reports.

Marley, who walked into an Atlanta grocery store with multiple guns and body armor, was spotted by a witness who immediately became suspicious and alerted management.
The sharp-eyed Instacart worker is getting credit for helping officers to stop the man wearing body armor and carrying a half-dozen guns from roaming through the Publix grocery store Wednesday, police said.
Store employee Charles Russell ‘heard clicking sounds from the bathroom stall,’ a police report states. ‘It sounded to him like someone was loading firearms.’
Russell then alerted a manager at the store, urging him to call 911.
Two Atlanta police officers arrived. One grabbed a rifle from his patrol car, put on a ballistic helmet and went into the store, where he apparently surprised the armed man as he came around the corner from the restroom.
Two Atlanta police officers arrived. One grabbed a rifle from his patrol car, put on a ballistic helmet and went into the store, where he apparently surprised the armed man as he came around the corner from the restroom.
‘I immediately ordered the accused to put his hands up and don’t move to which he complied,’ the officer wrote in his report.
‘The accused appeared to be surprised when he saw us that close to him.’ Officers arrested 22-year-old Rico Marley without a shot being fired.
A photograph provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows weapons Marley had on him at the time of his arrest on Wednesday.
According to the police report, the pistols he had were loaded with rounds in chambers, and a revolver was also fully loaded. Searching the supects bag officers found a loaded AR-15-style rifle and a loaded shotgun. He was also wearing body armor.

Rico Marley is charged with five counts of criminal attempt to commit a felony and six counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, police said.
The suspect waived his initial court hearing Thursday.
Investigators also said Marley was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
There were no reports of Marley pointing a weapon or using a weapon before authorities arrived, but his arrest comes within two weeks of two mass shooting incidents that left eighteen dead, including a multiple location shooting in the Atlanta area with eight casualties.
Police have been working to determine what exactly Marley planned to do with the arsenal.
Charles Russell told WSB-TV that when he saw the man in the store’s bathroom, he immediately thought of Monday’s mass shooting at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado that left 10 people dead.
‘It possibly could have stopped something,’ Russell told the TV station.