The Brief
- A Louisiana woman is being praised after helping Slidell police capture a shoplifting suspect who fled a Dillard’s store.
- Body camera footage shows the woman letting an officer jump into her car to chase the suspects through mall traffic.
- Police said her quick thinking helped prevent the suspects from getting away and safely ended the pursuit.
SLIDELL, La. – A quick-thinking Louisiana woman is being hailed as a hero after helping police arrest a suspected shoplifter outside a local mall.
What we know:
Body camera video from a Slidell police sergeant shows the dramatic moments after he stopped a woman at the door of a Dillard’s department store, suspecting she had stolen merchandise. The situation escalated when the woman bolted, leading the officer on a foot chase through the parking lot.…