Keith Roysdon

The (Muncie, Ind.) Star Press

MUNCIE, Ind. — Police are investigating an overnight incident in which they say two men tied up and held captive three people who were beaten and tortured.

One woman was repeatedly shot in the legs with a nail gun, Muncie police said.

The suspects, who were in custody Thursday, were identified as Robert A. Walton, 55, whose hometown was not immediately available, and Benitez L. McCullum, 34, of Muncie, Sgt. Daxton Lovell said.

The three victims, whose names were not released, are being treated at Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital, Lovell said.

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The men are accused using zip ties and duct tape to confined two women and one man for more than three hours. The three were beaten and one woman was shot several times with a nail gun, Lovell said.

One of the women escaped the small white garage in Muncie, about 50 miles northeast of Indianapolis, shortly before 4 a.m. ET Thursday, making her way to a nearby gas station and convenience store. Lovell said the garage apparently was used for detailing cars; it was marked with a small sign that said GP Kustoms.

When the woman arrived at the gas station, she still had duct tape on her head that she had pulled away from her mouth and had a broken zip tie on her arms, said Heather King, the manager of the McClure gas station. The employee working when the woman sought help hid her in a back room while he called police, just in case one of her captors pursued her.

Police still were investigating the motive behind the confinement and beatings, which Lovell called "very rare."

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