ATLANTA — A police sergeant foiled an armed robbery and shot one of the suspects outside one of Atlanta’s largest malls, authorities said Saturday night.
Two suspects were arrested after they tried to rob someone in a parking garage outside Lenox Square Mall, Atlanta police Deputy Chief Jeff Glazier told news outlets.
A witness who saw the robbery occurring flagged down a police sergeant, Glazier said. The sergeant then shot one of the suspects when he refused to drop his gun, investigators said. The wounded suspect was in serious but stable condition.
Even though the altercation occurred in a parking garage, social media footage showed terrified shoppers scrambling for cover inside the mall.
No officers were injured, and the robbery victim was not seriously injured, Glazier said.
Police did not release the names of the suspects but said they appeared to be in their early 20s.
