A Hammond man is charged with killing his girlfriend inside her home.
Anthony “AC” Carr, 39, of Hammond, was charged Dec. 16 with murder. He is being held without bond. HIs next court date is Jan. 3.
A relative called 911 around 2:20 p.m. Dec. 3 after finding Brittany Smith dead inside her home on the 6100 block of Noble Ave.
They found the back door kicked down. Smith was slumped over sitting on a box in her bedroom. She died of three gunshots to the face and head, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
Witnesses told police Smith had dated Carr for about 5 to 6 months. He lived there shortly and had threatened her and kicked down her back door several weeks back.
Smith told the relative Carr left the house between 11 p.m. to 11:23 p.m. saying he’d be back.
When the relative called 9 a.m. Dec 3 to bring Smith’s kids back, there was no answer. Another witness told police they heard gunshots between 7:30 to 8 a.m.
Carr told police he and Smith dropped off her kids at the relative’s house the night before for a “date night.” When they went back to Smith’s house, they argued and he got a friend to give him a ride. Carr claimed he partied at the friend’s house, then woke up at 6 a.m. Dec. 3.
At first, the witness denied seeing Carr for months. When confronted, he admitted Carr showed up “looking like (expletive),” crying he was “going to jail for the rest of his life,” according to the affidavit.
Cellphone records shows Carr left Smith’s house at 11:48 p.m. Dec. 2. He called her six times between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. and his phone was back at her house between 4:45 a.m. and 7:23 a.m., according to court records.
Another witness said Carr came with a gun to a bar at 1 a.m. Dec. 3. The bartender took the gun, wrapped it in a towel then gave it back when Carr left.
Carr was charged in 2017 with kicking another woman’s back door down, threatening her and family members, according to the affidavit.
Police also discovered texts between Smith and Carr from October where she accused him of kicking down her back door and threatening her.
Carr was too drunk to be interviewed when he was arrested Dec. 14 at a Hammond bar.
He claimed he had chest pains from swallowing an entire bag of cocaine during his arrest, which officers didn’t believe, according to the affidavit. Carr was treated and sent back to the Hammond Police Station.
Carr told investigators he didn’t remember much due to his drinking and cocaine use. He also said he partly lied in his first interview and didn’t want to admit he was a cocaine dealer, charges allege.
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