Woman duct taped, held at gunpoint

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - An Indianapolis woman says she was held at gun point, duct taped, and dumped in an unknown location for hours.

Anita Hammons told an officer with Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department she was carjacked at Lake Castleton Apartments Thursday night.

“It was horrible,” Hammons said. “I’m from the country. In the country you can go to sleep with your doors unlocked. You don’t have to worry about getting home at 11 at night and someone pulling a gun on you.”

Hammons is one of three people who reported a carjacking within a five hour period. She was not hurt and neither were the other victims.

Police say it’s not clear if the crimes are related.

Around the same time Hammons says two men approached her, another man was held at gunpoint on the 3900 block of North Emerson Avenue, according to a police report. He was sitting in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

A few hours later, a woman told police she was preparing to drive home from a friend’s house when an armed- man jumped into her car. The police report says the man forcefully told her to drive. Instead, she jumped out and ran back toward her friend’s house, screaming.

Police found the woman’s car abandoned on Broadway Street. Her purse was recovered but the keys to the car were missing.

There are security cameras at Lake Castleton Apartments. It’s unclear if the crime was captured on camera.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 317-262-TIPS.