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A fire forced the evacuation of the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Carmel shortly before midnight on Sunday. About 60 of the 171 rooms at the hotel at 251 Pennsylvania Parkway were occupied at the time of the blaze, which started when a curtain caught on fire on the fifth floor. The guests were taken to other hotels early Monday morning due to smoke and water damage.
 

Indianapolis police are searching for two suspects involved in an early-morning armed robbery on the east side. The clerk at La Quinta Inn near Interstate 70 and Post Road told police the two men robbed the front desk about 3:30 a.m. One of the men had a handgun. Police believe the men left in a white Camaro. They are checking surveillance video as part of their investigation.
 

A 28-year-old Indianapolis man died at Wishard Hospital Monday night after being shot in the chest in a hotel on the city’s west side. The shooting took place at America’s Best Value Inn in the 3700 block of North High School Road about 8 p.m. Police found the victim in the hallway on the second floor of the hotel. Police did not immediately know of a motive or suspects.

The new, 34-story JW Marriott hotel in downtown Indianapolis is scheduled to open Friday. The 1,005-room hotel is part of the $450 million Marriott Place, which includes five Marriott hotels, all connected to the Indiana Convention Center. The hotel, which has 104,000 square feet of event and meeting space, said it has already booked 480,000 room nights.

It's not every day an armed robber says thank you. A clerk at the Extended Stay hotel near Interstate 465 and Michigan Road reported a robbery just before 10 p.m. Wednesday. She told police the robber came in, jumped through the window at the front desk, pointed a gun at her and demanded money. According to the police report, when she put cash into the suspect's bag the robber said "Alright, thanks," and then jumped back over the counter and fled. The suspect was dressed in black, with a black bandana over his nose and mouth.