GRETNA, La. — The Oakwood Center shopping mall was placed on lockdown after a suspect ran inside following a police chase on Wednesday afternoon.
WWL-TV reporter Eleanor Tabone was on the scene. Tabone reported the mall was reopened at 6 p.m. but saw a swarm of people running out of the mall again.
Deputies ran inside the mall with guns and K9 dogs in search for the suspect, who was arrested on the scene.
Officers said they found the suspect hiding out in a department store.
JPSO said the suspect, identified as a juvenile, was one of the three suspects involved in a police chase earlier Wednesday afternoon. The two other suspects are an adult and a juvenile.
The sheriff's office has not said what led to the police chase.
This is an ongoing report and will be updated as soon as further information becomes available.
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