Indianapolis man, 17-year-old boy charged after Fishers IHOP carjacking

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An-18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy, both from Indianapolis, face felony charges after an armed carjacking at a Fishers pancake restaurant.

Officers were called about 10:40 p.m. Monday to a carjacking at IHOP, 9750 North by Northeast Blvd., just north of East 96th Street, the Fishers Police Department said in a release.

According to a probable cause affidavit, a man working for DoorDash called 911 and said two men came up to him in the parking lot and stole his vehicle.

The DoorDash driver told officers he went inside the restaurant, picked up the order, and was putting the food in his car when he was approached by two males wearing black clothing and ski masks. One of the suspects “pointed a black handgun with an extended magazine at him and asked where the keys were,” court papers say.

The victim told the suspects the keys were in the car. He said the men drove off in his car, and he ran away from the scene.

Investigators used the victim’s AirPods and the FLOCK camera system to follow the vehicle as it traveled south on Binford Boulevard into Indianapolis.

Officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department found the stolen vehicle unoccupied in the 4000...