( CNN ) The story of Anthony Stokes was supposed to have a happy ending . Instead it ended Tuesday , police say , with the teen heart transplant recipient carjacking someone , burglarizing a home , shooting at an elderly woman , leading police on a high speed chase and then dying after his car hit a pole . In 2013 , the teen 's family told media that an Atlanta hospital rejected him for heart transplant surgery due to what the hospital described in a letter as Stokes ' `` history of non-compliance . '' At the time , Mark Bell was acting as a Stokes family spokesman . Bell told CNN that a doctor told the family that Anthony 's low grades and time in juvenile detention factored into the hospital 's decision to deny him a heart . `` The doctor made the decision that he was n't a good candidate because of that , '' Bell said then . `` I guess he did n't think Anthony was going to be a productive citizen . '' About a week after Stokes ' story made headlines , Children 's Healthcare of Atlanta gave him a heart . On Tuesday , Stokes carjacked someone at a mall , kicked in the door of a home in Roswell , Georgia , and fired a shot at an elderly woman , who called 911 , said Roswell police spokeswoman Lisa Holland . Stokes drove away in a black SUV , she said . Police spotted the car and ran its plates which showed it had been stolen . Police chased the vehicle . Stokes lost control of the car , hit a pedestrian and then a pole , Holland said . The vehicle was nearly halved , she said . The pedestrian is stable and in good condition , according to CNN affiliate WSB . Stokes died at a hospital , Holland said . In 2013 , Stokes ' family provided media with a letter they said was from Children 's Healthcare of Atlanta . `` Anthony is currently not a transplant candidate due to having a history of noncompliance , which is one of our center 's contraindications to listing for heart transplant , '' it read . Assessing compliance for potential transplant recipients is important because if a patient does n't strictly take all required medicines as directed , he or she could die within weeks of leaving the hospital , said Dr. Ryan Davies , a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington , Delaware , told CNN . Davies was not involved with this case . When Stokes ' family was trying to get him a heart , the Southern Christian Leadership Conference advocated for the teen . SCLC 's the Rev . Samuel Mosteller told CNN that he was disappointed . `` We got this young man a second chance in life , '' he said . SCLC referred the teenager to a mentor program in the Atlanta area , but Mosteller said that he was n't sure if the teenager participated . `` What happened between the time in 2013 to now , I do n't really know , '' he said . `` How much Anthony recognized the gravity of things and did what he needed to do to make himself a viable citizen , I do n't know . But we tried . '' CNN 's Lauren Leslie , Marylynn Ryan , Elizabeth Landau and Jacque Wilson contributed to this report .
In 2013 , Anthony Stokes ' family said a hospital refused him a heart due to his `` How much Anthony recognized the gravity of things and did what he needed to do to make himself a viable citizen , I do n't know . '' Hospital eventually gave Stokes a heart ; on Tuesday he carjacked someone , burglarized a home , police said . Stokes shot at an elderly woman , hit a pedestrian with a stolen car and died in a police chase , authorities said .