Ed. Note: Updates the incident as a burglary and not an armed burglary. 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials are responding to a reported burglary at the Macy’s located in the Westfield Valencia Town Center.

As of 11:00 p.m. Thursday, no suspect has been taken into custody, according to Lt. Charles Norris from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

“The suspect is not armed. (The suspect) came out of Macy’s after closing. Deputies arrived and suspect got into car, then got out of the car,” said Sgt. Dennis Duarte. “The car crashed into a pole, the suspect fled. Officials detained one person but it was not the correct person so they maintained containment.”

“What we know is that a suspect stole some clothing from the Macy’s and when loss prevention from the Macy’s went to apprehend him, he took off out of the store on foot, got into a vehicle that he was trying to jump start over here,” said Bryan Shreves with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “And then law enforcement showed up and he saw them and took off in the vehicle. as we tried to catch up to him, he knocked over a barricade, crashed the car, ran off on foot and disappeared. we have all the property recovered but we don’t have the suspect in custody.”

The Sheriff’s deputies found the clothing in the vehicle,  Shreves said.

The suspect is described as a male, Hispanic, in his 20’s, 180 pounds, 5-feet-6-inches tall and bald, Shreves said.

“He took the clothing, loaded it in his car and was planning to leave in the car but when his saw the (patrol car) he tried to get away and drive through the barricade to get away,”  Shreves said. ” Once he disabled his vehicle with the barricade, he got out on foot and ran into the parking structure. We accidentally detained a mall security guard that fit the description.

“We do not have confirmation that he is armed,” Shreves said

Westfield Valencia Town Center officials are working closely with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station during the investigation, said Stacie House, marketing director for the Westfield Valencia Town Center.

No further details are available, we will update with more information when available.