A woman in Salt Lake City was allegedly kidnapped over the weekend — and the incident appears to have been caught on video.
Security camera footage from a Miniature Mart Gas Station in the southern part of town was shared by the Salt Lake City Police Department via Facebook during the early morning hours Saturday. The violent altercation occurred just hours earlier late Friday night.
In the footage, a small-bodied, young-looking woman can be seen running across the parking lot from near the front of the convenience store towards an in-use gas pump near the street. A much taller man then descends upon the woman from the right side of the screen and all-but immediately overtakes her as she attempts to take refuge next to an onlooker and then hide underneath his truck.
Police alleged the following details in an initial media release:
A 1990 red Nissan Pathfinder, 2 door, tire on back, and sunroof, pulled into the parking lot of the mini-mart. A white male driver walked towards the store. A female, possibly a juvenile, passenger got out of the vehicle and ran to another patron of the mini-mart, she appeared to be hiding or trying to get away by going underneath the truck.
In the video, the assailant shrugs off the situation and appears to engage the truck’s owner in brief conversation. Then the would-be kidnapper maneuvers around the man, reaches underneath his truck and, within a matter of seconds, pulls the woman out, scoops her into his arms, and throws her over his shoulders as he walks away.
All the while, the woman can be seen kicking and thrashing. And, as onlookers later told authorities, she was screaming for help as well.
The woman and the suspect in question were both quickly recovered.
But detectives said key witnesses made the job difficult.
Mitt Romney’s people
People don’t help or get involved in today’s climate. May be concerned the punk is carrying and if they did take action the courts would punish the Good Samaritan. Sad times today.
He was just doing the caveman, “got me a woman thing”. Relax.