A girl who police say killed a 22-year-old man after allegedly pretending to be a stranded motorist in an Alabama forest has been charged with homicide, theft and kidnapping, in keeping with on-line police information posted Thursday.

Yasmine Hider, 20, was allegedly posing as a stranded motorist within the Talladega Nationwide Forest in jap Alabama on Aug. 14 when Adam Simjee, 22, and his girlfriend, Mikayla Paulus, 20, determined to drag over to help, police stated in an announcement on Aug. 15, in keeping with The Related Press. The assertion from the sheriff’s workplace has since been taken down.

Hider pulled out a gun and compelled the pair into the woods and tried to rob them, in keeping with the AP. A shootout between Simjee, who police say additionally had a gun, and Hider ensued, which left Simjee useless and Hider injured, the AP reported.

Hider was airlifted to a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, and underwent a number of surgical procedures, the AP reported. Hider was booked on Wednesday on the Clay County Jail and charged with homicide, theft and kidnapping, in keeping with on-line information from the Clay County Sheriff’s Workplace.

Simjee and Paulus had been to start learning collectively on the College of Central Florida in only a few weeks, Paulus informed ABC affiliate WBMA in Birmingham.

Paulus informed the station the pair determined to drag over to assist Hider and spent an hour attempting to get her automobile began. After the car failed to start out, regardless of a number of makes an attempt to try to repair it, Paulus informed WBMA Hider pulled out a gun and walked the couple into the woods.

Paulus stated Hider demanded the 2 drop their cell telephones and inform her their banking passwords. Nonetheless, Simjee additionally had a gun on him, she stated.

“Adam pulled out his gun and informed her to get on the bottom and that is when she began messing round along with her gun. It jammed as soon as however they each shot at one another and he or she was shot a couple of instances and he was shot solely as soon as,” Paulus informed WBMA.

Paulus was capable of finding her cellphone and name 911 regardless of the poor cell service within the space, she informed WBMA. She then started performing CPR on Simjee, till authorities arrived on website, she stated.

She stated Simjee by no means regained consciousness and died on the scene.

Paulus had informed police that she noticed a second lady within the woods throughout the incident, the AP reported.

A few half a mile away from the place the shootout occurred, authorities discovered a camp the place they consider Hider and a second lady, Krystal Diane Pinkins, had been residing with Pinkins’ younger son, in keeping with the AP.

“As officers had been ordering the feminine to the bottom, a 5-year-old youngster ran from the woods holding a loaded shotgun,” police stated, in keeping with the AP. The kid ultimately put down the gun, the AP stated.

Pinkins was booked on the Clay County Jail on Aug. 15 and charged with endangering the welfare of a kid alongside fees of homicide, kidnapping and theft, on-line police information present.

Legal professional data for Pinkins and Hider was not instantly accessible.

Clay County District Courtroom Decide David Regulation issued a gag order on Aug. 17 to stop each legislation enforcement and protection legal professionals from commenting on the case.

His order additionally directed Clay County Sheriff Jim Studdard to take away any statements his workplace had beforehand made in regards to the case on social media.