An attempted robbery on Brainerd Road evolved into a police chase with a stolen squad car Saturday night, leaving one suspect in police custody and another dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Chattanooga police cleared a man they originally said was a suspect in a robbery over the weekend, according to a released statement from the department.
Police had detained 46-year-old Darryl Roberts in the back of a patrol car after they found him at a CVS Pharmacy an hour after an attempted robbery at Tiffany Nails, 5509 Brainerd Road, on Saturday night.
A robbery suspect identified as 37-year-old Antonio Sheffield from Gulfport, Miss. fired at officers who responded to the Economy Inn, 5505 Brainerd Road. As officers fired back, Sheffield managed to round the building, strike an officer with a handgun before taking the patrol car Roberts was sitting in.
Sheffield sped away in the stolen patrol car across the state line to Georgia. The vehicle crashed.
“A short time after, his vehicle came to a stop,” said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Greg Ramey. “I think officers were nearby or present.”