ATLANTA
An officer foiled an armed theft and shot one of many suspects outdoors of one in every of Atlanta’s largest malls, police stated Saturday evening.
Two suspects arrested after they tried to rob somebody in a parking storage outdoors of Lenox Sq. Mall, Atlanta police Deputy Chief Jeff Glazier advised information retailers.
Regardless that the altercation occurred in a parking storage, social media footage confirmed terrified consumers scrambling for canopy contained in the mall.
Glazier stated the suspect who was shot had refused to drop his gun, prompting a police sergeant to shoot him twice. The suspect was in severe however secure situation, Glazier stated.
No officers had been injured and the theft sufferer was not severely injured, Glazier stated.
Police didn’t launch the names of the 2 suspects, however stated they seemed to be of their early 20s.