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Last updated on Tuesday, November 11, 2014
(VANDERBURGH CO.) - Two people are arrested after deputies say a woman was beaten with a handgun.
WFIE reports that the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office says the incident happened Sunday evening around 6:30 at a home in the 2000 block of Evanston Drive.
The victim told deputies that 36-year-old Crystal Hendricks attacked her with a handgun by hitting her in the head several times. When the victim's husband tried to help deputies say 28-year-old Rodney Kessler threatened him with a handgun.
Both suspects then left in a vehicle.
The sheriff's office says deputies quickly found the vehicle turning into the driveway of a nearby address.
Hendricks and Kessler were arrested and taken into custody. Deputies say two handguns were also found in the vehicle.
The sheriff's office says the victim was taken to Deaconess Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is on-going.
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