Cobb County

Police: Robbery leads to shootout with officers; getaway car found on KSU campus

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A group of men are on the run after getting into a shootout with police officers, investigators say.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to help sort out the incident involving officers with the Kennesaw Police Department.

Police said they were called out to a Texaco gas station on Moon Station Road in Kennesaw. Officers said that's where they were confronted by three to four men and got into a shootout with them.

“The officers did return fire, but the suspects were able to flee in a vehicle," said Officer Scott Luther with the Kennesaw Police Department.

Police eventually found the vehicle at Frey and Chastain roads, near the Kennesaw State University campus.

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Investigators went through the car. They didn’t find the suspects, but something else.

"Police found $149 in the car and they returned it to us," store clerk Kazi Hossein told Channel 2's Audrey Washington.

Store owner Probir Sarker told Washington that he plans to better secure the front door but said he doesn’t expect the burglars to return.

“Actually, this is a nice neighborhood. This is the first time this happened,” Sarker said.

As for Hossein, he said even though he was shocked by the surveillance video, he doesn’t plan to stop working at the store any time soon.

“It is OK. It is first time it happened like this,” Hossein said.

Police are still going through the surveillance video and working to identify the suspects. None of the officers involved in the incident were hurt.