‘Help me’: South Carolina woman shops passenger to police with silent message

Driver of Jeep stopped for running red light helps police jail man - her own passenger - suspected of attempted murder and kidnap

By mouthing the words help me" to an officer who had pulled her over for a traffic stop, a woman in South Carolina helped authorities jail a man suspected of a shooting and a kidnapping: her own passenger, according to authorities.

The unusual encounter began when officer Kayla Wallace pulled over a woman behind the wheel of a Jeep that ran a red light during the early evening of 28 May, the North Myrtle Beach police department said in a statement this week. Wallace noticed the woman was in distress while seated alongside 29-year-old Collin Bates, the police's statement added.