Four teenagers have been charged after they allegedly drove a car into Melbourne's Bourke Street Mall, then fled on foot into Myer.

Heavily armed officers caught the boys, aged 16 to 17, on the second floor of Emporium during school holiday shopping on Monday afternoon, bringing to an end a pursuit that started in the eastern suburbs.

Police said the group first came to their attention about 12:30pm while travelling in a white BMW, believed to be stolen, on the Eastern Freeway at Doncaster.

Officers pursued the car into the heart of the city, where it struck a woman in Exhibition Street, before zooming down the pedestrian and tram-only Bourke Street Mall.

The woman was taken to hospital for observation with non-life-threatening injuries.

The teens are facing an array of charges, incl

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