Woman arrested after shoplifting report leads to chase, crash in Jefferson City

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ)

A report of shoplifting at Target led to a car chase, crash and attempted highjacking Thursday on the Missouri River bridge in Jefferson City, police say.

Officers responded to the report of shoplifting at Target a little after 5 p.m., according to a Jefferson City Police Department news release.

The suspect, identified only as a 32-year-old woman in the news release, took off in a vehicle and began throwing merchandise out of the car as police chased her, JCPD says. Officers called off the chase because of safety concerns.

The woman then crashed into five vehicles on the bridge and tried to carjack one of the vehicles she had just hit, the release says.

Charges were not listed in online court records Friday morning.