FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after he stole alcohol, tried to carjack a Tesla for his getaway, and fired a gun when the vehicle takeover was unsuccessful, Fresno police said.

Just before 9:30 a.m. Sunday, employees at the Vons grocery store at Cedar and Shepherd Avenues in northeast Fresno called 9-1-1 to report an armed robbery.

Officers were told that a male in his teens pointed a handgun at them as he took bottles of alcohol and left.

Investigators said that's when he approached a Tesla in the parking lot with a driver and passenger inside and tried to commandeer the vehicle. When the driver refused to give up the car and drove off, the suspect shot at them.

Police note the coincidence of a northeast Fresno police sergeant who was in the parking l

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