SLIDELL, La. - A quick-thinking Louisiana woman is being hailed as a hero after helping police arrest a suspected shoplifter outside a local mall.

What we know:

Body camera video from a Slidell police sergeant shows the dramatic moments after he stopped a woman at the door of a Dillard’s department store, suspecting she had stolen merchandise. The situation escalated when the woman bolted, leading the officer on a foot chase through the parking lot.

The suspect, later identified as 34-year-old Kelsey Baird, jumped into a silver sedan whose driver had been honking the horn. That’s when a bystander pulled up and offered to help. The officer jumped into the Good Samaritan’s vehicle, coordinating with other officers as they pursued the getaway car through mall traffic.

Moments later, the

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