KIDNAPPING? UNCERTAIN

Police are trying to piece together what happened after a car was fired on, then crashed.It happened late Monday night on Meacham Road in northwest Bakersfield before a woman riding in the car was taken away by her ex-boyfriend. The car driver, who is the victim’s cousin, had minor injuries,The incident was followed by the victim being found with 34-year-old Cory Pearson at a motel on Panama Lane Tuesday morning, but it’s unclear if the woman was kidnapped. Pearson is wanted by the Sheriff’s office for shooting the woman in the leg last week.

Sean Michael Lisle