By Debbi Wilgoren

Washington Post Staff Writer

Thursday, November 13, 2008; 12:36 PM

D.C. police are investigating a brazen abduction and robbery that allegedly unfolded last night in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast Washington.
Police said three masked men, all holding handguns, forced a 57-year-old man into his car in the 3800 block of Second Street SE shortly after 8 p.m.
The group traveled in the car -- a 2000 beige Chevrolet Malibu -- to a park area, where the gunmen told the 57-year-old to remove his shoes and lie on the ground, police said.
The gunmen allegedly fired multiple shots into the ground around the man, then ordered him back into the car and drove back to his home.
There, police said, two of the gunmen allegedly escorted the man into the house, tied up a 56-year-old woman who was inside and stole "multiple items" from the residence.
The two gunmen then allegedly returned to the car, where the third gunman was waiting, and the trio drove south down Second Street in the car belonging to the victims.
Police did not have detailed descriptions of the suspects but said all three were black men wearing dark-colored clothing. Two wore black masks, and one wore a red mask and a black hooded sweat shirt. One of the men was described as 6 feet tall with a thin build, and two were 5-foot-9 -- one with a medium build, one with a thin build.
All three were carrying dark-colored handguns, police said.