Los Angeles police are searching for five people who they say broke into an East Hollywood home Tuesday morning armed with rifles and handguns, tied up the people inside and robbed them.
According to LAPD Officer Kevin Terzes, officers responded around 4:09 a.m. to a reported robbery in the 400 block of North Heliotrope Drive, where five men wearing ski masks and dark clothing had entered the home armed with rifles and a handgun. , they robbed the occupants and left before the police arrived.
The victims were six tourists from Minnesota who were restrained with zip ties while the robbers took their cash, phones and other items, a couple on the floor below the apartment told FOX 11.
“I heard one of my friends scream,” a woman told NBC4. “I saw someone standing there and we realized he wasn't one of us, so we were being robbed. “We escaped through the window.”
The thieves remain outstanding and no description was immediately available. Police did not say how they believe the burglars entered the residence. None of the victims were injured and the investigation continues, Terzes said.
