"Well I just thought we were going to die," says Jacob Thomas, an employee at Amada.

What was suppose to be a normal day at work turned into a traumatic one for Amada co-owner Amanda Trotter and her employees.

Trotter describes a man entering her business and yelling out her name. As she ran into the kitchen, the man followed her.

She recalls using a trash can to guard her from the gunman. Trotter says others were duct taped and shoved into the freezer.

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Police say the suspect, 29-year-old Nicholas Johnson of Atlanta, walked into the restaurant wearing a mask and pointing a gun at the victims.

Thomas says, "He pulls me out of the cooler and he kind of uses me as a shield in front of the door to where the

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