Man shot after robbers ram his car and kidnap him in Prichard

Published: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 4:25 PM ??? Updated: Sunday, November 28, 2010, 4:25 PM

PRICHARD, Ala. -- Two men rammed a couple’s car this morning, robbed them?and then shot the man after forcing him to take the robbers?to his home, Prichard police said.
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The victim, who was not identified, was in University of South Alabama Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds to the legs, Prichard spokesman Pat Mitchell said. He added the man is expected to recover from his injuries.

The woman was not injured, Mitchell said. She was also not identified.

Mitchell said the couple was heading home after attending a local nightclub. He said they were near Whistler Street and Dykes Road in Whistler shortly before 3 a.m. when their car was struck by a blue 1989 Pontiac Grand Am.

The couple’s car was knocked into a ditch on Whistler Street, and it was then that the men in the Grand Am pulled guns and forced the couple into a wooded area, where they were robbed, Mitchell said.

The man was then forced into the Grand Am and was told by the robbers to go to his home on Cooper Avenue, about a mile west of the collision scene, Mitchell said.

Once at the home, Mitchell said, the men again demanded money and drugs, and it was there that they shot the man before leaving in the Grand Am.

The robbers wore ski masks and all black clothing. Mitchell said the victim believed they were black males.

No arrests have been made. Mitchell said anyone who has information about the case can call Prichard police at 251-452-2211.

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