Police describe how 15-year-old alleged carjackers caught in Powder Springs

POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. - Two teenagers are facing charges after police say they carjacked a vehicle at gunpoint and drove it into Cobb County.

Officials with the Powder Springs Police Department say at around 1 p.m. on Sunday, FLOCK cameras notified officers of a vehicle that had been reported as carjacked and had entered the city limits.

Investigators say the vehicle had been taken at gunpoint by two people earlier in the day in DeKalb County.

Officers found the vehicle parked in the Defoors Farm neighborhood near Hiram Springs Road.

During their investigation, officials say two people left a nearby home and went to get back in the vehicle. After a short foot chase, both were caught.

"Our officers responded. And that officer that initially found it maintained a visual on the vehicle from a distance using binoculars, so everyone was able to get there and be able to stage properly and be in a position to respond quickly," Capt. Anthony Stallings said. 

Investigators say the two suspects were 15-year-old boys. According to officials, both were armed and one had a mask that had been used in the carjacking.

"The first suspect was caught almost immediately. He was actually found with a firearm and a mask. And then the second suspect – he began running and they found him quite a ways away after a Powder Springs K9 successfully tracked him and they found him in the back of a smaller dump-style truck. He was also found with a firearm as well," Stallings explained. 

Both teens were taken to the Cobb County Youth Detention Center and will face charges in both Cobb and DeKalb County.

"We've had just case after case of carjacking suspects coming through this city and all being caught and technology and inter-agency cooperation has been essential to keeping our community safe," according to the police captain.