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Apparent abduction was altercation between acquaintances; no one injured

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Henrico Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of what they first believed to be a possible abduction that happened Sunday afternoon near Richmond International Raceway.

Today, police said that the situation was actually an altercation between people who knew each other and the woman they feared had been abducted is actually safe.

At about 4 p.m. July 22, police responded to the 200 block of East Laburnum Avenue, where a witness reported that she was sitting at the intersection of East Laburnum Avenue and Carolina Avenue when an adult female exited a black Range Rover SUV and approached her car asking for help. The witness let the female in, and as they drove west on East Laburnum, the Range Rover followed. The witness pulled into a convenience store parking lot in the 200 block of East Laburnum Avenue, where the driver of the Range Rover got out and forced the female back into the Range Rover.

The Range Rover then drove off.

Today, police said that they have the identities of both females in the Range Rover but are still investigating the matter.