DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — Police are investigating a kidnapping and rape that occurred early Friday.
The victim called 911 about 4 a.m. as a man with a gun was chasing her near the CSX railroad tracks, according to the Police Department. She told dispatchers she had been sexually assaulted by the man.
The woman was found and taken to the Healthmark Regional Medical Center.
The victim said she met the suspect at a nightclub in Fort Walton Beach. She agreed to drive him to his home in DeFuniak Springs.
When they arrived, the suspect forced himself on her and told her he had a gun, police reported.
After the assault, the man chased after the woman before police believe he fled in her 2002 four-door beige Dodge Neon with a rear spoiler.
No other details about the suspect will be released until the investigation is completed, police said.
Anyone with information should call Police Detective Dees at 892-8513. Anonymous callers can call the TIPS line at 910-TIPS (8477).