SWAT team deployed after robbery, assault suspect runs from police

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The DeKalb County police say after a brief chase Sunday they caught a suspect sought in several armed robberies.

Gwinnett police said they had located Joshua Foster, 19, who is suspected in three armed robberies, as well as aggravated assaults along Emerald Lake Drive.

We have a reporter and photographer speaking with investigators to learn more about this developing story, for the Channel 2 Action News Nightbeat at 11 p.m.

Foster was also wanted in connection with an armed robbery and aggravated assault at Shoal Creek Park off of Glenwood Road on Friday.

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Foster was located at a home along Green Hawk Trail in Decatur. When police got there, investigators said Foster ran by was quickly caught.

The DeKalb County SWAT team was called in to assist with the arrest.

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