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Quiet plea at Round Rock gas station leads to kidnapping arrest

CBS Evening News' report shows a witness explaining how she called 911 and photographed the truck before police arrived.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 143,107 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (7,730).

Alleged victim quietly asks stranger for help at a gas station, prompting kidnapping arrest

"She opened the door when I was coming back. She was scared to death," a witness tells police in bodycam footage from a Round Rock, Texas, gas station.

The woman inside the pickup truck asked for help, then asked the stranger to call 911. In Jason Allen's CBS Evening News report, the witness describes contacting dispatch and taking photos of the vehicle. Officers reached the station before the truck could leave.

The report follows that quiet exchange through to the police response. Bodycam footage captures an officer offering reassurance: "If you're in trouble, and if you're scared, we can help you."

The Short drew an estimated 140,000 views in its first day, nearly nineteen times the usual opening for CBS Evening News' Shorts. Its central detail is the witness's account of a brief opportunity to ask for help, followed by her call to dispatch.

CBS reports that police arrested a man on a charge of first-degree aggravated kidnapping. He remained in custody as the investigation continued.

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