A 4-year-old child had to watch several masked men tie up and beat her loved ones during a home invasion. It happened last Monday morning in East Oak Lane and NBC10’s Brian Sheehan spoke with one of the victims, the father of the child, about the traumatizing incident.
Police are searching for four gunmen who were caught on video tying up and robbing a family at gunpoint inside their house while a child watched, investigators said.
On Nov. 6, at 10:12 a.m., the victim, who runs a home business, was speaking with an employee outside his house on North 7th Street, when a black 2007 or 2008 Acura pulled up next to them, police said. Four gunmen then got out of the vehicle and confronted the victim and his employee, police said.
Video shows the gunmen forcing the victims back into the house. Police said they tied them up and assaulted the victim and his family. At one point in the video, a child watches as the gunmen point their weapons at the tied-up victims on the floor.
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"My baby did cry and they said, ‘shut up or I’ll kill you,'" the father and one of the victims, who does not want to be identified, said.
Surveillance video from inside the home shows the suspects inside the home ordering the victims around.
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"They put everybody on the ground in my kitchen and they hit my cousin with the gun on the top [of his head]," the father and victim said.
The victim told police the gunmen stole his safe, firearms and jewelry before fleeing the scene. The victims said while the valuables can be replaced, the wounds and trauma are long-lasting.
If you have any information on the incident, please call 911 or call or text Philadelphia Police at 215-686-TIPS (8477). You can also submit a tip anonymously on the Philadelphia Police website.
