Hawkins
One man has been arrested after a theft report escalated into a shooting and police search Monday afternoon in Greenwood.
Cashmere D. Hawkins, 27, was preliminarily arrested on six felony charges: bribery, criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, intimidation, pointing a firearm and two counts of theft.
Greenwood police were called around 2:50 p.m. Monday to Dollar General, 1000 N. Madison Avenue, on a theft report. A woman told police that the suspect, described as a Black male wearing black clothing, had stolen her wallet and fled north on Madison Avenue. The man — later identified as Hawkins — had a gun, but did not point it at anyone at the time, according to a Greenwood Police Department report.
The woman and a witness followed Hawkins to the area of Cambridge Square Apartments. While there, Hawkins allegedly pointed a gun in their direction, pointed it in the air and then fired. He then continued to flee north, and they stopped following him, according to the report.
A shell casing was recovered in this area, the report says.
Officers from Greenwood, Indianapolis and the Indiana State Police formed a perimeter in this area to search for Hawkins. A K-9 was deployed, along with an ISP helicopter and a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office drone, to aid the search, the report shows.
Later, law enforcement received a call from a woman who said Hawkins had allegedly knocked on her door, saying he wanted to see his friend. The woman didn’t know him and told him to leave. He then ran toward the railroad tracks, the report says.
Reports about Hawkins’ location from other residents continued to come in over the next several minutes, and eventually officers were able to tighten the search area. He eventually was taken into custody in the area around the 0 block of West County Line Road. A gun was not found on him at the time, according to the report.
Officers were later able to find the gun at a home along the 300 block of East County Line Road. Security footage from the home showed Hawkins allegedly attempting to throw the gun on a roof of a house. He was successful, but the gun later slid off the roof and was found by police, the report says.
The gun, a Heckler & Koch .45 caliber pistol, had been reported stolen earlier on Monday as part of a vehicle theft. About 50 minutes before the Dollar General incident, an Uber Eats driver reported his car had been stolen outside the Greenwood Park Mall, according to the report.
The delivery driver’s car was found near the parking lot at Dollar General. When the driver picked up his car, he found a Taco Bell receipt that was not his. The receipt was from the Taco Bell near the Greenwood Park Mall and the Dollar General, the report says.
When detectives interviewed Hawkins, he was allegedly difficult to understand and appeared to be lethargic. Medical personnel checked him out, but he was medically fine, the report says.
Police say Hawkins appeared to not want to give them answers during the interview. What answers he did give appeared to be vague, the report shows.
Hawkins allegedly said he remembered eating tacos at Taco Bell, but could not remember which location. He also said he drove to the mall, but when asked what car he drove he responded with “blue,” according to the report.
He also allegedly made several statements about his “credit,” but detectives do not know what he meant by this, the report says.
When police asked him about reaching into a vehicle at Dollar General, he denied it. He also denied having a gun, firing it and stealing vehicles and property, the report says.
Police showed Hawkins security images from Dollar General and from the home where the gun was found, and he allegedly said he did not want to talk about them. He also allegedly asked the detective if he could pay them money so he could leave, the report shows.
After being informed about what he was being charged with, Hawkins allegedly said he didn’t point a gun, according to the report.
Formal charges against Hawkins are pending. He was taken to the Johnson County jail, where his bond was set at $13,500. He remains at the jail.
