10/28/2021- 4:37 p.m.
Couple beaten, kidnapped by group in Caldwell County
One of the victims told investigators that he and his girlfriend were at an acquaintance’s house Tuesday morning when a group of people assaulted them.
The couple was then bound and blindfolded before they were driven to another location and thrown on the ground. The man said the suspects fired multiple shots at him and his girlfriend.
The man was then dropped off at Caldwell Memorial Hospital with two gunshot wounds.
Detectives interviewed the man’s girlfriend, whose story matched his about what happened. She said after the shooting and the suspects left, she walked to the road and was able to flag down a driver who took them to the hospital.
The following people were charged wih the following by Caldwell County detectives:
The following people were charged wih the following by Caldwell County detectives:
- Bobby Dean Bowlin: Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, attempted murder and first-degree kidnapping
- Hunter Dean Aungst: Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, attempted murder and first-degree kidnapping
- Elka Mackenna James: Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, attempted murder and first-degree kidnapping
- Anthony Scott Bumgarner: Assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, attempted murder and first-degree kidnapping
- Tabitha Renee Bumgarner: First-degree kidnapping
- Adam Solis Hernandez: First-degree kidnapping
- Tristan Douglas Coffey: First-degree kidnapping, failure to appear/Indecent Exposure
- Devan Alan Souther: First-degree kidnapping
Deputies served a search warrant at a home on Joplin Road, where all of the suspects were.
During the search, deputies found a gun that matched what the victims said was used during the assault.
