INDIANAPOLIS — Police arrested 23-year-old Joseph Holmes Jr. after a carjacking and a police chase that ended with a standoff.
On Wednesday afternoon, July 16, officers were called to a neighborhood near N Butler Avenue after a woman said a man tried to grab her car keys while she was putting her cane in the car. During the struggle, the woman was pushed into a parked vehicle and hurt her arm. A bystander tried to help, but the man got away, driving off in her car with her purse and wallet inside.
Later that day, around 4 p.m., police spotted the stolen car near College Avenue and Fall Creek Parkway. When they tried to pull the car over, the driver didn’t stop and took off. The chase ended when the stolen car crashed into another vehicle, injuring someone. Holmes jumped out of the car and ran…