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 A Johns Creek man originally reported to be kidnapped April 27 returned to his Morton Crossing home unharmed Sunday evening around 9. Aftab Aslam told investigators he left on his own. 
 
 Aslam was reported missing about 10 a.m. on April 27 from his parents' home. They received an early morning text saying the 19-year-old was kidnapped. 
 
 Investigators from Johns Creek, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation discovered that Aslam had bought the cell phone that sent the text, and that no one else had handled the phone. 
 
 Aslam told police he left home for personal reasons. Investigators are verifying his account, and charges have not been filed yet. ||||| Three law enforcement agencies have been searching for a 19-year-old Johns Creek man since last Saturday; now they're asking for help from the public in finding him. 
 
 Aftab M. Aslam, who is 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 165 pounds and has medium-length black hair, was first reported as being kidnapped on April 27 at 10 a.m. Johns Creek Police responded to his Morton Crossing address, where officers were told he was missing from his home. 
 
 "Aslam's family reported that they had received a phone text stating that he had been kidnapped," a news release from the city said. 
 
 Bringing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) into the case, investigators found the phone used to send the text and discovered that Aslam had been the one to purchase it. Now authorities believe Aslam may have sent the text to his family. 
 
 Anyone who has had contact with Aslam or has any information regarding his whereabouts should contact Det. James Harris at 678-274-8348 or by e-mail at: james.harris@johnscreekga.gov. ||||| Anger over the police shooting of a Pride Alliance leader at Georgia Tech turned violent Monday night, as protesters set a campus police car ablaze following a candlelight vigil. 
 
 Two police officers received minor injuries, Tech spokesman Lance Wallace said. One was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, treated and released, he said. 
 
 Three people were arrested and were identified by Tech authorities as Vincent Castillenti, Jacob Wilson, and Cassandra Monden. It was not immediately clear if they were students at the university. 
 
 (Fulton County jail) 
 
 Wilson was charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault against a police officer, and three misdemeanor counts of criminal trespass. Arrest warrants said Wilson hit an officer in the head with a can of spray paint, causing a concussion, and struck another in the face. Warrants also said Wilson spray painted three different sites near the protest with anti-cop sentiments. 
 
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 Monden — who was identified as Andrew Xavier Monden by the Fulton County Sheriff’s office — was charged with a felony count of interference with government property, and inciting to rioting, which is a misdemeanor. Arrest warrants said Monden attempted to kick in a front windshield of a police car. 
 
 On Saturday, Sept. 16, a caller, later identified as Scout Schultz contacted 911 to report a suspicious person on campus. Soon afterward, Schultz was shot dead by a Georgia Tech campus police officer. The following 911 call was released to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation through an open records request. 
 
 Castillenti, 31, was charged with felonies including aggravated assault on an officer, along with willful obstruction of an officer by use of threats or violence. Arrest warrants said Castillenti hit an officer in the head with a hammer while the officer was arresting another protester, and sprayed a different officer with pepper spray when the officer was attempting to arrest him. 
 
 The three are expected in court for first appearance hearings Wednesday morning. 
 
 The parents of Scout Schultz — who had appeared earlier in the day with their attorney to question the deadly shooting — released a statement Monday night calling for calm. 
 
 “We ask that those who wish to protest Scout's death do so peacefully. Answering violence with violence is not the answer. Our goal is to work diligently to make positive change at Georgia Tech in an effort to ensure a safer campus for all students,” they said. 
 
 “This is how we will truly honor Scout's life and legacy.” 
 
 A vehicle burns after a vigil for a Georgia Tech student who was shot dead by campus police turns violent on Sept. 18, 2017. 
 
 Students planned to set up tables across campus from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday “for ... campus members to write letters and on posters to show support for Scout's family and friends (as tonights vigil was interrupted) as well as GTPD,” according to a Facebook post. 
 
 Early Tuesday, a Georgia Tech worker pressure washed the spot where a police car burned during a night of violent protests on the campus. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM (0) 
 
 The evening began with a peaceful vigil to remember Scout Schultz, a 21-year-old engineering student from Lilburn. Schultz was gunned down by campus police late Saturday night. The GBI is investigating. 
 
 But about 50 students left the vigil and began to march toward the Tech police headquarters at Hemphill Avenue and Ferst Drive. 
 
 At 9:28 p.m., Georgia Tech tweeted that students should “shelter in place” due to “violent protests on campus.” Officers from the Atlanta Police and nearby Georgia State University were called in to to assist Georgia Tech police. 
 
 GTENS ALERT: Stay inside due to violent protests on campus. Avoid Hemphill Avenue. Stay inside until told otherwise. — Georgia Tech (@GeorgiaTech) September 19, 2017 
 
 Chad Miller, a Tech alumnus taking part in the march, said he thought tear gas had been deployed. Miller told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was right behind the police car when it erupted into flames. 
 
 “All I heard was metal hitting metal,” Miller said. “I’m guessing it was fireworks, there were some pretty powerful ones.” 
 
 “I was marching with them until they got in front of the police station and then all hell broke loose.” 
 
 Miller said he saw one man who may have been a police officer throwing up and coughing. 
 
 Friends embrace on Monday, September 18, 2017, during a vigil in memory of Scout Schultz, a student and leader in the LGBTQIA community at Georgia Tech. The vigil was held at the Kessler Campanile at Georgia Tech in Atlanta after Scout Schultz was killed during an encounter with campus police. Pride Alliance and Progressive Student Alliance hosted the vigil. ((Rebecca Breyer) for The AtlantaJournal-Constitution) (Rebecca Breyer) 
 
 Schultz was shot and killed after a confrontation with Georgia Tech campus police late Saturday night. Police have said Schultz had a knife and refused commands to stop. 
 
 But Chris Stewart, a lawyer for the family, said Schultz was carrying a small utility tool and the blade wasn’t out. 
 
 Schultz’s parents have questioned why police didn’t use non-lethal force. 
 
 The GBI said Monday Schultz had left behind three suicide notes and called 911. 
 
 “Why did you have to shoot?” Scout’s father, Bill Schultz asked at a news conference Monday. “That’s the only question that matters right now.” 
 
 
 
 Schultz was the head of the Georgia Pride Alliance, which had helped organize Monday night’s vigil. The group advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual individuals.
– A 19-year-old college student was flunking English again, so he did what any struggling student fearful of mom and dad's wrath would do: faked his own kidnapping, police say. Aftab Aslam's parents got a text saying the Georgia Gwinnett College student had been kidnapped; if they called police, he'd be killed, the message said. Turns out the text came from a phone Aslam himself had bought at Target, according to police, who were in fact told of the text by Aslam's parents right after they received it on April 27, reports Johns Creek Patch. Aslam surfaced at his home eight days later, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. At first, he told police he'd been taken and drugged, but eventually he retracted the story, and the truth came out. He had actually camped in a tent in an undeveloped section of Forsyth County but returned when the weather got bad, police say. He turned himself in last week and now faces a slew of charges, including three felony counts each of false statements, tampering with evidence, and terroristic threats.