Police are searching for a man accused of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint in Mission Valley East, forcing her to withdraw money from an ATM and take him shopping at a liquor store.
The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) said the victim was at 4404 El Cajon Blvd. at around 10:30 p.m. when she got into the driver’s seat of her car, leaving the door open for a moment.
Just then, a stranger approached the 23-year-old woman’s car and tapped a gun against the frame of the vehicle. The suspect then hopped into the backseat of the victim’s car and ordered her to drive to an ATM.
Once at the ATM, police said the woman was forced to take out an unknown amount of cash from her bank account.
But the suspect was still not satisfied.
Police said he then made the victim drive to a nearby liquor store where she was ordered to go inside and buy several items from the store for the suspect. After the victim handed over the items, the suspect fled on foot in an unknown direction.
The victim was not harmed, police said. The suspect was only described as a man with curly hair wearing a dark-colored jacket.
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No further details were released. The investigation is ongoing, and police are considering this case a kidnapping and robbery.
