Home improvement workers attacked in Conyers

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. - Two home-improvement workers say they were deceived by a lie, and then attacked at gunpoint. Tina Deluna-Salazar and her husband told Rockdale County Sheriff's Deputies they had been laying tile at the home of Zachary Ellis. When Ellis asked them to return for more work, the couple says they agreed. However, when they arrived at his home, Deluna-Salazar says Ellis confronted them with a gun, unhappy with the work they had done.

Deluna-Salazar says they offered to fix the problems, but says Ellis tried to force them at gunpoint to return his money. The couple was able to escape the home and call 911. Deputies arrested Ellis when they arrived. According to a police report, Ellis told deputies it was actually Deluna-Salazar's husband who was demanding more money. He also told deputies he got his gun to get the couple out of his home. Despite that, Ellis also told deputies "he should have shot them, he really should have."

Ellis was arrested and now faces two counts of aggravated assault. He was booked into the Rockdale County Jail where he has since posted bond. Deluna-Salazar says this ordeal should be a warning to other home-improvement workers to never work alone at an unfamiliar job site.

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Home improvement workers attacked in Conyers