Georgia police shoot mall robbery suspect accused of stabbing Macy’s employee
Suspect shot by officers as he tried to run from scene on foot
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Police in Georgia shot a mall robbery suspect accused of stabbing a Macy’s employee when they tried to intervene.
Gwinnett County authorities say that the suspect smashed jewellery cases and tried to grab items from the store in the Mall of Georgia on Friday morning.
The store employee was taken to hospital with serious injuries, while the male suspect was also hospitalised and was in stable condition, reports FOX5.
Officials say that the suspect tried to flee the scene in a grey truck, but a police car managed to bring it to a stop and he got out and ran on foot.
The suspect was then shot once by an officer at the intersection where the PIT manoeuvre was performed.
“Our officers engaged with him seeing that he was a current armed and dangerous presence in the area,” a Gwinnett County Police Department spokesperson told the station.
The mall, which is located in suburban Atlanta, was briefly closed before being reopened, and no one else was injured in the incident.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will investigate the shooting since it involved police officers.