Robbery just outside uptown ends with car crash and shot fired at police, CMPD says

A robbery suspect is accused of firing at police Saturday during a car chase that ended with a stolen vehicle crashed near the intersection of Interstate 85 and Graham Street, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.

Police charged Jason Latta, 20, of Charlotte, and Mykaylah Pratt, 18, of Mint Hill, in connection with the incident, CMPD said in a release.

Investigators say the incident began around 9 p.m. Saturday when someone reported being robbed in the 700 block of Seigle Avenue, east of uptown off East 10th Street.

The suspects, a man and woman, were found in the victim’s car as it sat parked outside the victim’s apartment, police said.

When the victim confronted the couple, one of the suspects pointed a handgun at the victim and robbed them, officials said.

“The suspects later used the victim’s credit card (and) officers were able to locate the suspects who fled in a stolen vehicle,” police said in a news release.

“Officers pursued the vehicle until the suspects wrecked at Interstate 85 and Graham Street,

police said. The driver fled on foot and fired a shot from a stolen gun at the officer during the foot pursuit, but the officers did not return fire, police said.

A canine unit and helicopter helped locate the driver, who was booked into the Mecklenburg County jail Sunday.

Latta was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer, resisting/obstructing arrest, possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of a stolen firearm and felony flee to elude police, CMPD said.

Pratt’s charges include robbery with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and breaking and entering of a vehicle, CMPD said.

This story was originally published December 28, 2020 at 6:40 AM.