Police chase from Lenox to Midtown

Metro Atlanta

Police chase from Lenox to Midtown

One shoplifting suspect was shot and three others were arrested Thursday after a chase that began at Lenox Square mall and ended at Atlantic Station in Midtown.

One shoplifting suspect was shot and three others were arrested Thursday after a chase that began at Lenox Square mall and ended at Atlantic Station in Midtown.

Atlanta police spokesman Eric Schwartz said the incident began shortly before noon at the Bloomingdale's at Lenox.

"Four guys came into the store, and it was one of those snatch-and-grab robberies," Eric Schwartz said, adding that the suspects took coats and purses.

An off-duty Fulton County sheriff's deputy, working an extra job at the mall, gave chase and shot one of the suspects in the shoulder after being hit by the suspects' vehicle, Schwartz said.

Atlanta police pursued the vehicle south to Atlantic Station, where the suspects wrecked the car, Schwartz said.

The suspects ran from the wrecked the vehicle but were taken into custody after a foot chase.

Schwartz said one officer suffered a pulled hamstring during the foot chase.

A suspect is held in the back of an APD cruiser following his arrest at Atlantic Station.

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One shoplifting suspect was shot and three others were arrested Thursday after a chase that began at Lenox Square mall and ended at Atlantic Station in Midtown.

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