Two women were carjacked and abducted Thursday morning from western Jefferson County.

The suspects, authorities say, were later involved in a jewelry store robbery in Guntersville where the manager shot at them.

The suspects remain at large.

Brighton police Lt. Kenneth Hooten, who also is assistant fire chief, said the ordeal began shortly before 5:30 a.m.

The two victims, 33-year-old Alma Nestor and 29-year-old Rosaneli Castro, were parked in the 4500 block of Bessemer Super Highway where they sell water to workers headed out to jobs in the early-morning hours.

Two men approached the van, forced the women inside and left with them in their van.

“They took them and the van and fled northeast on Bessemer Super Highway,’’ Hooten said.

Hooten said the victims do not know their abductors.

About 11 a.m., he said, family members of the victims called Hooten and said they had been in contact with them.

“According to the victims’ families, they had been dropped off in a wooded area and they walked to a Lowes in Guntersville,’’ Hooten said.

Guntersville Police Chief Ryan Darnell said police there responded at 10:23 a.m. to an armed robbery call at Griffin’s Jewelers.

Three people entered the store in a holdup attempt. The manager fired shots at them and they fled in a white van.

A short time later, Darnell said, Guntersville police said received a call two missing women who were at Lowes.

The van – a 2020 Dodge Grand Caravan with Alabama license plate A0BUUP – was at Lowes with the women. It matched the van used in the jewelry store robbery.

The suspects remain at large.

The investigation is ongoing by the Marshall County Major Crimes Unit.

Anyone with information is asked to call Brighton police at 205-425-8934.