Around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, an officer with the Atlanta Police Department was flagged down by a security guard at the Target on Caroline Street.
The security guard informed the officer that a man was suspected of stealing a large-screen television and had returned to the retail store to steal another one. The suspect was stopped at the store’s exit by security as he attempted to roll out a big-screen TV, according to a statement from the Atlanta Police Department.
Bodycam footage shows the officer taking out a stun gun as he approached the exit of the Target. As soon as the suspect spotted the police officer, he sprinted back inside of the retail location. The fleeing man ran to the entrance of the Target and escaped outside with the cop in pursuit.
The wild bodycam video and footage from the police cruiser show the officer make a football tackle on the suspect in the middle of the street outside of the Target.
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