Two teens arrested in kidnapping of Valley woman, shooting of man
A multiple agency investigation in the kidnapping of a Valley woman and the shooting injury of a man has led to the arrest of two teens.
The events took place on April 14th in the 2900 block of 20th Avenue in Valley, AL when a female subject was pulled into a vehicle against her will. Her male associates feared for her safety and attempted to follow the suspect vehicle. “Both parties continued to the I- 85 rest area between exit 79 and exit 77 were a male subject exited the suspect vehicle and fired a handgun into the vehicle that followed them,” police said.
A male subject sustained a single gunshot wound during the confrontation and the shooter then reentered the suspect vehicle which fled the rest area. The driver of the second vehicle continued to follow the suspects despite his injury until they reached the intersection of Chambers County Road 388 and U.S. Highway 29 where police contact was made by patrol units from Valley and Lanett Police Department.
One suspect remained on scene during the contact with police, while a second suspect fled on foot into a neighboring wooded area. Officers also located the male subject who had been shot and the female subject who had been forced into the suspect’s vehicle with only minor injury. The gunshot victim was transported by the East Alabama Fire District for treatment of his injury.
“Investigators from both agencies arrived on scene and began to conduct a criminal investigation,” police said. Officers Identified the male suspects as 18-year-old Jamarious Tyshawn Holley, of Goodwater, AL, and 18-year-old Gavin Jhysquese Blake, of Dadeville, AL. Both were wanted on charges of Attempted Murder, Kidnapping 2nd Degree, and two counts of Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle.
Holley and Blake were taken into custody on May 4th, 2022. The Lanett Police Department, were assisted in the investigation by Valley Police Department, Coosa County Sheriff’s Office, Tallapoosa County Sheriff’s Office, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, Chambers County EMA, and The United States Marshal Service-Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force
The investigation is on-going and no further information is available at this time.
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