Documents: Man arrested for raping mother and 12-year-old daughter in west side home – Indianapolis News | Indiana Weather | Indiana Traffic

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A 21-year-old man was arrested after police say he broke into a West Side home Saturday and raped a mother and her daughter while recording the action on his phone.

According to online records, Teshon Gardner has been preliminarily charged with two counts of rape.

Court documents obtained by News 8 show that officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were called to South Worth Avenue at 12:45 p.m. for a report of a rape at the apartment.

Police spoke to the mother, who said she and her 12-year-old daughter were raped at gunpoint in their home.

According to court documents, the woman’s one-year-old and eight-month-old children were in the house at the time of the attack, but in a different room.

The woman told police at the scene that she had just arrived home when she heard a knock on the front door. When she opened the door, Garder pointed a gun at her while standing at the door.

Garner went into the house and raped the woman on the couch and floor, court documents say. Gardner began looking at family photos on the wall and asked if anyone else was in the house. Gardner then stopped the assault and walked down the hall where the children were sleeping.

The woman warned Gardner that her children were sleeping as he walked down the hallway. The documents say Gardner told the woman to get one of her children and return to the living room.

According to police, Gardner raped the woman and her daughter multiple times.

The woman told police Gardner arrived at her home at 11:30 a.m. and left an hour later. The woman gave a detailed description of the suspect, later identified as Gardner, which included a tattoo of the letter “M” and unknown writing underneath it on the left side of his torso.

The woman also said Gardner allegedly filmed himself raping her and her daughter on his cell phone.

Investigators were provided with surveillance footage from a neighbor showing a blue Ford F150 traveling south on Worth Avenue at 12:31 p.m. Using nearby cameras, police were able to locate the Ford on West 28th Street.

Gardner was arrested during a traffic stop.

Gardner told investigators in an interview that he was the sole driver of the Ford and had spent most of the day driving around. He also denied having sexual contact with anyone that day or sexually assaulting anyone. When investigators asked him about his tattoo, Gardner showed officers the left side of his torso, where the letter “M” is tattooed along with the word “Motown.”

Gardner could not explain how the victims in the case knew about his tattoo.

Gardner was taken to Ezkenazi Hospital where he was examined by a sex offender nurse. He was later taken to prison.

Gardner is due in court at 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

On Monday afternoon, IMPD declined News 8’s request for Gardner’s booking photo, saying it had not yet been released to the media.