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Suspected Car Thief Runs Into Stranger's Home; SWAT Called

Posted: 2:34 pm EDT July 18, 2008Updated: 6:27 pm EDT July 18, 2008

Officials said they were chasing a stolen vehicle when a man jumped out of the car, ran into a home that wasn't his and barricaded the doors.

The chase began just before 2 p.m. Friday afternoon on Cascade Road. Authorities said they were chasing a stolen yellow Corvette through College Park when two men bailed out of the car at Mozart Drive and Downey Road in south Fulton County.

  • SLIDESHOW: Atlanta SWAT Situation

  • Police said the one man got away and another man ran into a home on Mozart Drive that wasn't his and barricaded the doors. The homeowner told Channel 2 she opened her door and walked outside to check her mail when the suspect pushed her out of the way, ran inside her house and locked all her doors.

    "I was coming out, getting ready to get my mail at the mailbox, a young man with braids ran into my house," said homeowner Alinda Favors.

    Officials do not know if the man is armed. Fulton County SWAT officials are on the scene.

    VIDEO: Suspected Car Thief Runs Into Stranger's Home

    Residents on the street were evacuated. "It's too hot for me right now. It's hot out here, I'm sweating and I have air conditioning on in my house and someone else is enjoying it," said Favors.

    Please refresh this developing story for updates.

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