GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for a group of men who they say beat up, robbed and kidnapped a 25-year-old man in Tucker.
Channel 2's Tyisha Fernandes spoke with DeKalb County police, who said the man was coming home from a club on August 19th around 4:30 a.m. when the suspects attacked him in the parking lot of the Oakwood Vista apartments.
The suspects punched and kicked him and then forced him into the back seat of his own car and drove him to a nearby gas station, police said.
At the gas station, they asked for his pin number.
Surveillance photos from inside the gas station show two people police say are suspects. Police say they believe a total of five people were involved in the attack.
The suspects took $200 out of the victim's account.
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Police say the group dumped the man back at the complex where he crawled inside his apartment and passed out. Family members found him injured later and took him to the hospital.
"He had a ruptured ear drum, he had a broken eye socket and a broken nose so this was a very violent crime," Michele Pihera with the Gwinnett County Police said.
Police say they are unsure why the victim was targeted.
The complex is a gated community, but residents told Fernandes the gate is often open.
"They left it open. Maybe that’s the problem, because if they leave it open somebody can come in and do something bad," one resident said.