By Sarah Mervosh
smervosh@dallasnews.com
6:18 pm on January 24, 2013 | Permalink
Update at 6:25 a.m. Friday (by Matt Peterson):
The suspect who was killed has been identified as 22-year-old Jordan Hatcher of Mansfield, according to the Tarrant County ME.
Authorities say Hatcher was shot during a struggle with police after he grabbed an officer’s Taser.
The other suspect has not been identified.
Original post at 6:18 p.m. Thursday:
A man believed to be stealing items from a Target led police on a foot chase that ended when an officer fatally shot him Thursday, police said.
Grand Prairie police responded to a felony theft call around 3:50 p.m. at the Target at Camp Wisdom Road and State Highway 360, police said. One of the suspects fled on foot and crossed city lines into Arlington, according to Arlington police spokesman Sgt. Christopher Cook.
During the chase, the man ran across a freeway and into a parking lot at the Tarrant County College Southeast Campus. The man got into a physical altercation with police that ended when a Grand Prairie officer shot him, Cook said.
The man died at the scene, he said. His identity was unavailable.
Grand Prairie police will launch an administrative investigation into the shooting and Arlington police will take the lead on the criminal investigation.