Police blotter: Woman abducted in Fontainebleau; bullet strikes man on Claiborne
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A shooting and a kidnapping were reported in Uptown neighborhoods over the weekend, according to the New Orleans Police Report. The kidnapping occurred early Sunday (April 23) in the Fontainebleau area. The victim, a 35-year-old woman, was giving a man a ride home at about 3:20 a.m.
When they arrived at Earhart Boulevard and Broadway, he took out a gun and demanded that she keep driving. She drove around the area until they reached South Carrollton Avenue and Walmsley Street, where she jumped out of the car. The kidnapper got out of the vehicle and fled on foot.