Walmart Shopper Reports Attempted Kidnapping

On Aug. 6, a Walmart shopper reported an attempted kidnapping in the parking lot.

The woman told a deputy with the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office she was entering the store when she was approached by a driver in a white truck she had just seen at the store’s filling station. The man reportedly asked if she needed a ride, to which she responded she had a car. He then told her she was beautiful, but the complainant said she was not looking for a compliment, as she was in her church clothes. 

She nonetheless thanked the driver and, at that point, he reportedly told her to wait because he wanted to show her something. Reaching underneath a white towel in his passenger seat, the man reportedly pulled out a black object she first thought was a gun but believed could have been Mace. The driver then demanded the woman get in the truck. When she told him no, he again demanded she get inside the vehicle. She told him she was going to scream, at which point he reportedly fled the scene.  

On the same date, a shopper reported almost being struck by a white PT cruiser in the crosswalk at one of the store entrances. A deputy viewed video footage of the incident and observed the vehicle fail to stop for the complainant before maneuvering around the woman, who did stop. The complainant said she stopped to confront the driver. 

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