Two arrested after woman forced into car at gunpoint

Two people from Opelousas are facing charges after police say an 18-year-old woman was forced into a vehicle at gunpoint and taken to Lafayette.

According to the Port Barre Police Department, officers were called to a home on Beauxis Drive on June 7 in reference to a disturbance between a man and a woman. Both parties left in a vehicle before police arrived. Witnesses told police the 18-year-old victim was visiting when Kayman Guillory, 26, of Opelousas, and Shaylon Davis, 21, of Opelousas, arrived and began pressuring her to leave with them. Guillory became irate while wearing a firearm and made threats that if the victim would not get in the car and leave with them, he would cause harm to the people in the home. The victim then left with Guillory and Davis against her will.

Police made contact with the victim by cell phone, and she shared her location at an address outside of Opelousas. The location sharing stopped as her phone was turned off. Police went to the last recorded location, but no one was there. They later received information that Guillory, Davis, and the victim were at a hospital in Lafayette to visit a patient in the ICU. Port Barre police coordinated with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office and located all three at the Lafayette hospital, authorities report…

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