(KAIR)--The armed kidnapping turned armed robbery of an 18-year-old Atchison man Saturday night led to an Atchison Police investigation that ended with the arrest of a 21-year-old Atchison man.

Aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated battery, criminal possession of a firearm by a felon, criminal discharge of a firearm, and criminal damage to property, are the criminal charges faced by Gary Brown, Jr., according to a report from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson.

Wilson, in the report, says the investigation began 11:30 Saturday night after officers responded to a report of shots fired in the area of 4th and M Streets, in Atchison.

Wilson says officers were led to the victim through the investigation, with the 18-year-old reporting that he was forced inside a vehicle, at gunpoint, in the 700 block of M Street, “then driven several blocks to the area of 4th and M”, where his cash was taken and “he was struck in the head with a gun” and forced to lay in the street.

His alleged assailant, now identified as Brown, allegedly “fired several rounds into a nearby grassy area” and then fled from the location.

According to Wilson, the victim’s gunfire-damaged vehicle was found by officers in the 700 block of M Street, with the investigation continuing throughout Sunday and Monday, and ending with Brown’s arrest at his residence around 7:00 Monday evening. Once in custody, he was booked into the Atchison County Jail.

The 18-year-old victim suffered a head injury but was not transported for hospital treatment.

The search for a second person that Wilson said was in Brown’s vehicle at the time of the alleged crimes is still being sought as the investigation continues.