Six men tracked a Raleigh man and then kidnapped him. They forced the man to ask his family for ransom money, tied him up and then shot him when he tried to escape, federal prosecutors say. 

Several of the men plotted the robbery from jail in New Hanover County, North Carolina, prosecutors said after reviewing phone logs.

Following a phone call between the suspects on Jan. 15, several of the men robbed and kidnapped the victim at gunpoint in his apartment parking deck in northwest Raleigh, prosecutors say. The men had attached a GPS tracker to the victim's car before the robbery, according to court documents.

Federal prosecutors say the men then drove the victim to Wendell and Knightdale and took him to an abandoned house, where they forced him to get money from family members as ransom, the indictment says. When the family members refused to pay, the kidnappers threatened to kill the man and drove off with him in the car, prosecutors say.

The victim jumped in the back seat, fought one of the men and was shot, prosecutors say. He escaped by jumping out of the moving car, according to court filings.

The victim flagged down neighbors in the Buffalo Road area for help and went to the hospital for his injuries, according to federal prosecutors. 

"During the course of the kidnapping, conspirators allegedly tied the victim’s hands and feet with duct tape and put a trash bag over his head," court documents allege. Federal prosecutors say the kidnappers also broke into the victim's apartment and took items like designer shoes, electronics and jewelry.

The kidnapping lasted for five hours, according to court documents. Facial recognition on the victim's doorbell camera was able to identify one of the suspects, prosecutors said. 

According to the indictment, 21-year-old Mario Scott, also known as "Homicide" or "Homi," 23-year-old Tyferia Shakur Sherrod, also known as "2 Wop" or "Wop," 24-year-old Donta Lamont Bush Jr., "Gonzo" or "Zo," 23-year-old Hasheem Langston, 29-year-old Quest Jaquan Davis, and 22-year-old Deivon Jalil Spidle, also known as "BDay," are charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping and aiding and abetting, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, Hobbs Act robbery and aiding and abetting, and use and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence.

Davis was also charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. Spidle was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. If convicted, he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison.

The Raleigh Police Department, the FBI, ATF, U.S. Marshals Service and the Wake County District Attorney's Office are partnering in a new federal violent crime strategy to prioritize cases against violent offenders in Raleigh, according to federal prosecutors.