DeKalb County armed carjacking: Police identify one suspect, 2nd suspect is a juvenile

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - An armed carjacking suspect was arrested after a high-speed pursuit and shooting late in DeKalb County on Thursday evening. 

According to the DeKalb County Police Department, at around 8:20 p.m. a car was taken at gunpoint near the intersection of Glenwood Road and Austin Drive. Moments later, officers spotted the vehicle and attempted to pull it over. 

The driver of the vehicle rammed into one of the police cruisers to flee the scene and shots were fired by a police officer. Officers chased after the car until it crashed into another vehicle in the 2100 block of Flat Shoals Road. 

Two women inside the car were taken into custody. One was taken to the hospital to be checked out after she told officers she did not feel well. 

DeKalb County police officers block the 2100 block of Flat Shoals Road after a high-speed chase in pursuit of a carjacked vehicle on April 4, 2024.  (FOX 5)

No one was injured in the other vehicle. 

Early Friday afternoon, the DeKalb County Police Department identified one of the suspects as 29-year-old Chasity Brown. She is the person who was taken to the hospital after the incident. DKCPD says she will be booked into jail after she has been discharged.

The other suspect, who was the driver, is a juvenile. Police are not releasing her name at this time. 

DeKalb PD also said that two guns were located inside of the vehicle. 

The case remains under investigation by the DeKalb County Police Department.