A late-night robbery at an all-night eatery led to a shootout with police at a nearby DeKalb County shopping center Tuesday night.
The incident began around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday when two men robbed a Waffle House on Lavista Road near I-285, Channel 2 Action News reported.
The Waffle House is about a quarter-mile from DeKalb police headquarters, and officers arrived just as the suspected robbers were leaving in a car.
The suspects drove across the street before crashing into a pole in the parking lot of a Target store.
The suspects fled the wrecked getaway car on foot, firing shots at police as they ran toward nearby woods, according to Channel 2.
Police were able to track the men down and take them into custody.
Police spokeswoman Mekka Parish said Patrick Reese, 29, and Jason Philpot, 34, were each charged with two counts of aggravated assault on a police officer and armed robbery.
No one was injured in the incident.
"We're very fortunate that no one was injured," DeKalb police interim Chief James Conroy told Channel 2. "A lot of businesses right here, a lot of traffic."
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