From the Trussville Tribune staff reports
PINSON — The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is assisting with an investigation after robbery suspects exchanged gunfire with deputies overnight.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said two armed men robbed robbed the Chevron on Highway 75, in Pinson, late on Wednesday, April 1. The robbers left the scene in a silver Mitsubishi Mirage.
A Jefferson County deputy spotted who he thought were the robbers in the car . Deputies pursued the vehicle to the Highland Trace area, in Center Point where the vehicle wrecked. While fleeing the area, the suspects fired at deputies, who then returned fire.
Deputies searched the area for the suspects. No deputies were hurt during the exchange of gunfire.