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Suspect caught after running from traffic stop near Concord shopping center

CONCORD, N.C. — Authorities from three agencies flocked to an area behind a Concord shopping center after a suspect ran away from a traffic stop Friday morning, sources tell Channel 9.

Chopper 9 Skyzoom flew over the scene around 11 a.m. Friday near the shopping center off Bayfield Parkway. Concord Police Department officers, Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office deputies, and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol were all in the area looking for a suspect.

A source told Channel 9 that the suspect had ran away from a traffic stop and then crashed a car. The suspect then took off on foot, and authorities tracked him to some nearby woods.

The suspect was surrounded but wouldn’t give up, the source told Channel 9 before noon.

At about 2:40 p.m., the Concord Police Department said the suspect was taken into custody. The suspect wasn’t identified, but the department said they were wanted on misdemeanor charges.

No shots were reported.

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