SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A man is under arrest after police said he caused a mess at his workplace and then led police on a chase.
Hapeville Police officers responded to Jimmy John's on 801 Virginia Ave. Tuesday afternoon where they learned an employee was threatening employees and causing a disturbance. He was even knocking the registers into the floor, police said.
When officers arrived, they found 26-year-old Andre Dion Thomas’ vehicle backed into the side of the building.
Thomas jumped into the vehicle and slammed into an officer’s vehicle several times, police said. A second officer fired his weapon, striking Thomas’ vehicle multiple times, but they said he drove away.
Thomas then led officers on a chase that ended with a PIT maneuver on Norman Berry Drive in East Point, police said.
Thomas then got out of his vehicle and jumped a barbed-wire fence, police said.
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Two officers followed and eventually captured Thomas.
All three suffered cuts and scrapes from the barbed wire.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation responded to investigate the officer-involved shooting.
Georgia State Patrol responded to investigate the collision between Thomas’ vehicle and the officers’ cruisers.
Thomas was charged with disorderly conduct, terroristic threats, aggravated assault on an officer and various traffic charges. He was transported to Fulton County Jail.
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