Fox 13 reports that an off-duty Memphis Police Officer was kidnapped by a man who threatened her with a knife early Sunday morning.
The victim told police she was kidnapped at the corner of Poplar Ave. and Hollywood Street.
Police say the victim was approached by a man, and she refused his advances. Police say the kidnapper then stepped out of his vehicle with a knife, and “threatened the victim as he forced her into the car.”
The victim told police she jumped from the kidnappers moving vehicle as he merged onto I-55.
The kidnapper was driving a silver van, according to the police report. Police have not named a suspect.