Man Involved in Chase Arrested on Kidnapping Charges
Posted/updated on: June 26, 2015 at 4:52 pm
LONGVIEW — Longview police arrested Shannon Dewayne Jones, 33, of Longview man after a foot and car chase Wednesday afternoon, according to police spokeswoman Kristie Brian. KETK and the Longview News-Journal report Jones is jailed on two charges of aggravated kidnapping and other charges. Jones was being chased on foot by two people in a vehicle whom police say he had just robbed, according to the arrest report, at about 2:05 p.m. Wednesday near Fisher Road and Marshall Avenue. Jones then jumped into the vehicle of another driver and told the driver and her passenger to drive, according to Brian. The victims reportedly said they were abducted at gunpoint.
The other vehicle continued to chase after the vehicle Jones had seized. Brian says Jones then jumped from the vehicle and fled into a nearby patch of woods. He was arrested by Longview police about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.
