DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. - Two people are in custody after crashing into a DeKalb County police patrol car attempting to flee The Home Depot on Lawrenceville Highway on Monday afternoon.

What we know:

Officers were called out at around 2 p.m. to The Home Depot located at 2295 Lawrenceville Highway near North Druid Hills Road.

According to the DeKalb County Police Department, when the officer pulled into the parking lot, the suspects’ vehicle slammed into the patrol car.

The two occupants then fled from the crashed vehicle.

The driver was quickly taken into custody, while the passenger was apprehended along Flamingo Drive after a short manhunt.

Both were booked into the DeKalb County Jail.

The officer, who was inside the patrol car at the time of the crash, was injured but is expected to

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