Police ID victim stabbed during Macy's Mall of Georgia jewelry heist

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Police released the name of the employee stabbed by a man accused of trying to steal jewelry from a Macy's store before stabbing an employee.

Gwinnett County police said 27-year-old, Jose Reyes-Serrato was the man shot by an officer when he abandoned his car in the middle of an intersection and took off. He and the employee he is accused of stabbing, 55 year-old David Walker, are recovering in a hospital and expected to survive. 

A Gwinnett County Police Department spokesperson said someone reported a robbery at 11:20 a.m. on Friday in the jewelry department of Macy's. Police said a person, allegedly Reyes-Serrato, was smashing jewelry cases and stealing jewelry. 

"The suspect entered the store and began smashing the jewelry cases with a possible crowbar or some other similar object and stealing the jewelry," said Gwinnett Police Sgt. Jennifer Richter.

Police said the store employee was stabbed when they tried to intervene.

FOX 5 has obtained cellphone video of officers performing a pit maneuver on the suspect’s pickup truck.

A Gwinnett police cruiser striking the suspect’s truck at the mall entrance. Moments after the impact, a man emerges from the car and takes off on foot, when police shoot at him.

"Our officers engaged with him seeing that he was a current armed and dangerous presence in the area," investigators said.