A 14-year-old Georgia teenager is facing theft and firearms charges after police say he stole a car at gunpoint and led officers on a car chase.
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media release that the teenager — who has not been identified — will be charged with theft by receiving, escape, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a minor for the incident that occurred earlier this year. month.
The sheriff’s office said in an initial release that officers were searching for a silver Honda Civic that had been stolen at gunpoint in nearby Dekalb County. Officers eventually spotted the car at the intersection of HWY 85 South and Stonewall Avenue, and when they attempted to initiate a “felony traffic stop,” the car took off.
Officers from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Fayetteville Public Safety Department chased the car, which “crashed into traffic signs, mailboxes and another vehicle,” police said. In surveillance footage provided by police, the car can be seen speeding up the highway before turning into the neighborhood.
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In the police video, the driver could also be seen driving vertically to try to escape from the police. Bystander Glenn Poton described the car chase to Atlanta’s WSB-TV as “intense.”
“He was walking across other people’s yards,” Poton recalled. “I was shocked, totally shocked. [The car] could hit another vehicle, people walking their dogs, animals [and] children. That could have been a real problem.”
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The teenager eventually stopped the car on the side of the highway and got out “with a gun” in hand, but police said he “decided to surrender when he realized he was surrounded.”
Fayette County Sheriff Barry Babb told Fox 5 Atlanta that the teenager was armed with an AR-14 handgun, which is “semi-automatic.”
“This one had a high capacity tank and it was loaded,” he added.
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The teenager — who was a student at DeKalb High School, according to Fox 5 Atlanta — also faces multiple charges in Dekalb County, police said.
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