Two men suspected in the holdup of a Lawrence hotel late Wednesday afternoon were caught by police after car and foot chases that ended in a western Lawrence neighborhood cul-de-sac and grocery store parking lot.

One suspect was arrested after police trapped his car in the cul-de-sac at Pinnacle Court just west of Sierra Drive, police said.

“They obviously didn’t know the area if they were trying to get away from police,” Kalyn Diamond said of the suspects who roared into her cul-de-sac and found themselves trapped by several police cars.

The second suspect jumped from the car and was pursued on foot through yards and across Monterey Way into a parking lot, where he was caught among startled shoppers coming and going at the Hy-Vee Food Store, 4000 W. Sixth St.

The captures came just minutes after police received a call about an armed robbery shortly before 4 p.m. at the Hampton Inn, 2300 W. Sixth St., said police Lt. Dan Affalter.

One man entered Hampton Inn, brandished a handgun, demanded money and took off with an undisclosed amount of cash, two clerks at the hotel told police. It was unclear whether the money had been recovered.

The chase began after two detectives in an unmarked car spotted the suspect vehicle at Sixth Street and Kasold Drive, Affalter said. The detectives chased and attempted to stop the car. Other police cars soon arrived and helped trap the suspect vehicle in the cul-de-sac.

Two pistols were found abandoned behind the Lawrence Board of Realtors building, 3838 W. Sixth St., Affalter said. Police said they believed the suspect caught outside Hy-Vee threw down the pistols as he ran by.

Diamond, 42, had just left her house and was driving south on Sierra Drive when the suspects’ Mercury Marquis blasted around the corner from Sixth Street toward her.

“I thought they were going to hit me,” the said. “They were going really fast. Then I saw all the police cars coming behind him. We were wondering when the police cars were going to stop coming.”

Blake Armstrong, 12, who lives near the cul-de-sac, said he had been watching television when he heard sirens and went out to investigate.

“There’s usually nothing going on around here, so I didn’t think it was going to be anything all that bad,” he said.

Jennifer Horst, 22, arrived at her house on the cul-de-sac shortly after the incident, unaware of why police had descended on her neighborhood.

“It’s pretty strange to pull into your street and see six cop cars blocking the way,” Horst said.

Neighbors along the cul-de-sac said at one point they counted 11 marked and unmarked cars in the area.

“I bet every police car in Lawrence was here,” one neighbor said.

Police late Wednesday were still investigating the incident, and no other details were available.

C.J. High, 83, who lives along the cul-de-sac, was unaware of the drama taking place just outside his front door.

“I’ll be damned,” he said, when told about the robbery and police chase. “I heard the sirens and didn’t think anything about it. I was just sitting here watching that old (James) Garner movie, ‘Support Your Local Sheriff.'”