Three suspects are in custody after running over a 69-year-old woman while attempting to flee the scene of a robbery outside a sprawling, high-end shopping mall in Orange County Tuesday.
Authorities said the incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. when a group of suspects approached a husband and wife outside a Barnes and Noble bookstore at Fashion Island shopping center, located at 401 Newport Center Drive in Newport Beach, and attempted to rob them.
Officials at the Newport Beach Police Department said that when a struggle ensued, a getaway driver in a white Toyota Camry pulled up. One of the attackers tried to jump in, but turned and ran off, firing a gun in the process.
Fortunately, no one was struck by the gunfire.