Police Arrest Suspect in Armed Carjacking Case

SANDY SPRINGS, GA -- A trip to the grocery store turned into a terrifying ordeal for a shopper in Sandy Springs, as the woman became the victim of an armed carjacking.

Police were dispatched to the store at 7736 Spalding Drive around 10:42 p.m. Aug. 1 in response to a call of a robbery.

The store is located at the corner of Spalding Drive and Holcomb Bridge Road at the tip of the Sandy Springs panhandle.

The woman told police she was sitting in her 2005 Kia Sportage in the parking lot when she was approached by a man who pointed a gun at her and told her to get out of the vehicle, according to an incident report released by Sandy Springs police.

However, the man told the woman to "drive, drive," and jumped into the rear driver's side seat.

"As he was getting in the back seat, she opened her door and fell out of the vehicle," the report notes.

The suspect, the report states, threatened to shoot her if she did not get back into the car. In turn, the woman pleaded for her life, ran towards the store and screamed for help. The suspect got into the driver's seat of the Kia and fled the scene.

The victim told police she saw the suspect walk towards the grocery store entrance and ATM before the incident occurred. Inside the vehicle during the carjacking was the victim's Samsung Galaxy Note 4 cell phone and charger, groceries and a wallet containing her driver's license, Bank of American debit card, Capitol One debit card, Chase credit card and insurance cards.

Police were able to track down the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Demtrius Shakur Chapman of Duluth, and charged him with theft by receiving. Sandy Springs Police Capt. Mike Lindstrom said the man was caught in the stolen vehicle, hence the theft by receiving charge.

Along with the felony theft by receiving charge, Fulton County Jail records show Chapman is also charged with misdemeanor obstruction of officers, hijacking a motor vehicle, driving while license is suspended or revoked, aggravated assault with the intent to rob and possession of marijuana.

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