2 charged in abduction, assault along Broadway Ave. in Minneapolis Sunday
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Two people have been charged in the abduction of a woman along Broadway Avenue in Minneapolis Sunday.
Andre Jackson, 31, of Crystal and Patrice Thomas, 30, of Minneapolis each face two counts of kidnapping and one count of second degree assault. They are both due in court Thursday.
The complaint says a man and a woman were walking along Broadway near Emerson Avenue North when they noticed a blue SUV following them. The vehicle made them nervous because the woman feared retaliation for a prior, undisclosed incident.
The couple walked towards a nearby McDonald’s because it often had a security guard on duty. When they arrived in the parking lot, Jackson and Thomas got out of their SUV and came towards the pair.
The man saw a handgun in Thomas’ waistband. Thomas yelled at the woman and Jackson punched her in the head before he dragged her into the SUV and drove away.
Later, police were called to an address on Emerson Avenue North. There, they found the woman with a gunshot wound to her left shoulder and injuries to her face and head.
She told police she knows both Jackson and Thomas and that Jackson repeatedly hit the woman in the face and head with the gun. Eventually, she jumped from the moving vehicle and Jackson shot her. Jackson admitted to everything the victim said the Thomas admitted to most of it.