Woman safe after kidnapping attempt ends in gunfire, arrest in Elk Grove
A woman was safe Sunday after a cross-county kidnap ordeal Sunday ended with gunfire and an arrest in Elk Grove. Her alleged captor faces charges Wednesday in a Sacramento courtroom.
Christopher Scott Johnson, 40, will be arraigned in Sacramento Superior Court on allegations of kidnapping, false imprisonment and evading peace officers in the Sunday incident.
Sacramento County jail records show he also has a pair of outstanding misdemeanor warrants for charges of corporal injury of a spouse and battery against a person in a previous dating relationship. Johnson is being held without bail at Sacramento County Main Jail.
California Highway Patrol officers got the call of a woman being held against her will in a black passenger van just after 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
Officers spotted a van moments later that matched the description on Elverta Road near Watt Avenue near North Highlands. The van’s driver ignored officers’ orders to stop and the chase was on through Sacramento County.
CHP officers say Johnson was armed behind the wheel when Elk Grove officers who joined the chase stopped the van with a spike strip at Big Horn Boulevard and Amber Creek Way.
The officers were able to coax the woman from the van, but Johnson stayed and, CHP officers said, showed a weapon while in the driver’s seat. Officers fired on the van, but Johnson was not hurt and surrendered to authorities.
This story was originally published April 11, 2023 at 10:16 AM.
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