Shooting at I-85 and North Druid Hills

Metro Atlanta

Shooting at I-85 and North Druid Hills

A woman suspected in a robbery led Atlanta police on a chase up Interstate 85 and then shot herself after crashing at North Druid Hills Road, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

Homicide detectives were on the scene after suspected "Grandma Bandit" died Friday morning after being shot multiple times at the end of a police chase on North Druid Hill Road, DeKalb police said.

The woman, identified in an arrest warrant as Roxanne Taylor, 58, of Atlanta, was spotted in the drive-through at a Wendy's on Piedmont Road by someone who noticed that she matched the description of the bandit who has robbed several metro area drugstores in the past two weeks. This surveillance video image is taken from a drugstore burglary.

The person notified Atlanta police, who attempted to stop the woman after she left the drive-through. The woman fled, leading police on a chase up Interstate 85 northbound in a gold Jeep Liberty. At that point, the police officers who had been pursuing her heard a single gunshot, and they returned fire, hitting her multiple times, DeKalb Police said. A DeKalb County Crime Scene Investigator takes pictures of the bullet hole in the windshield of the deceased driver's SUV.

The so-called "Grandma Bandit" was wanted in a series of robberies at metro drugstores; she had been described as driving a tan or gold Jeep Liberty. This surveillance video shows a woman in an armed robbery of Walgreen's in DeKalb County on May 16, 2011.

A suit case sits next to the deceased suspect's SUV.

DeKalb County police investigators examine the deceased suspect's SUV at the shooting scene.

DeKalb County police investigators examine the shooting scene where the suspected "Grandma Bandit" died Friday morning, May 27, 2011.

DeKalb County: DeKalb County Police officer, R.D. Penny sets up crime tape at the scene.

A gold Jeep Liberty with the driver's side window broken out was on the North Druid Hills Road bridge over I-85. Westbound lanes toward Buford Highway were shut down.

Police closed lanes and shielded the scene from motorists.

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Homicide detectives were on the scene after suspected "Grandma Bandit" died Friday morning after being shot multiple times at the end of a police chase on North Druid Hill Road, DeKalb police said.

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