8 arrested in connection with kidnapping, shooting in Caldwell County

CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Authorities have arrested and charged eight people for their alleged involvement in a kidnapping and shooting Tuesday morning in Caldwell County.

According to the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called just before 9 a.m. to the emergency room at Caldwell Memorial Hospital after a man who had been shot was dropped off.

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The 24-year-old victim had been shot twice in his torso, investigators said. He was at the hospital with his 35-year-old girlfriend and told deputies that earlier in the morning the couple was at a friend’s home when a group of people assaulted the two of them and then tied them up and blindfolded them.

The man who was shot told detectives that the group then put him and his girlfriend into a vehicle and drove them to a spot where the two were placed on the ground. He said several shots were fired at him and his girlfriend and that he was hit, but she was not.

The shooting victim was flown to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and officials said he was in stable condition.

Investigators said the man’s girlfriend corroborated his account and said that after the shooting, the group left and she walked to a nearby road and flagged down a car that brought them both to the hospital.

Investigators determined that the couple were tied up and blindfolded at a home on Joplin Road in Hudson and identified an abandoned property on Hood’s Creek Road as the spot where the shooting took place.

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Deputies then served a search warrant at the Joplin Road home and arrested eight people inside. Investigators determined that all eight acted together in the kidnappings and assaults.

“We intend to charge everyone involved in cases that are related to guns, drugs, violence, and kidnapping,” said Sheriff Alan C. Jones. “We take a firm stance against this type of behavior.”

The investigation into this case remains active and additional charges are expected.

Below is a list of who was arrested as well as their charges:

Bobby Dean Bowlin, 50, was charged with one count of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury, one count of Attempted Murder, and one Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping. His bond was set at $300,000 secured.
Hunter Dean Aungst, 20, was charged with one count of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury, one count of Attempted Murder, and one Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping. His bond was set at $300,000 secured.
Elka Mackenna James, 20, was charged with one count of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury, one count of Attempted Murder, and one Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping. Her bond was set at $300,000 secured.
Anthony Scott Bumgarner, 36, was charged with one count of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury, one count of Attempted Murder, and one Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping. His bond was set at $300,000 secured.
Tabitha Renee Bumgarner, 36, was charged with one Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping. Her bond was set at $100,000 secured.
Adam Solis Hernandez, 23, was charged with One Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping. His bond was set at $100,000 secured.
Tristan Douglas Coffey, 22, was charged and served with One Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping, Failure to Appear/Indecent Exposure. His total bond was set at $120,000 secured.
Devan Alan Souther, 18, was charged with One Count of 1st Degree Kidnapping. His bond was set at $100,000 secured.

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