CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers freed a kidnapping victim on April 28, according to the department.
CMPD said just after 1 a.m. on April 28, officers got a call about a robbery at the 7-Eleven on North Graham Street.
The suspect, identified as 53-year-old William Morgan, is believed to have robbed the 7-Eleven at gunpoint and then forced a woman out of the store and into the car she arrived in, according to CMPD. Morgan also made the driver of that car drive away from the store, before forcing that man into the trunk of the car.
CMPD said the woman was eventually let out of the car and alerted police.
Officers caught up with Morgan, freed the kidnapped driver who was in the trunk, and arrested Morgan as well as 28-year-old Jeremy Nash. Morgan has been charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Nash has been charged with kidnapping.
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