Three people were tied up and burglarized in their home where their children were sleeping, after one resident confronted four men in ski masks in his backyard.
Police received a call of a possible home invasion at 4:10 Sunday morning, said Sgt. Cueto of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Foothill Division. The home, located on the 8700 block of Bradley Avenue, is surrounded by businesses in Sun Valley.
A man living at the home said he heard noises coming from outside his house, police said. When he went outside, he saw four men in his yard wearing ski masks and gloves. Two of the men were armed with handguns.
Police said it appeared that the men were going to jump a wall in the yard into one of the businesses.
According to police, when the man confronted the masked men in his yard, the men escorted him into his home where two women and three children were sleeping.
The men tied up the man and two women, police said. Two of the children kept sleeping, but one woke up and witnessed the incident.
The burglars hit the man in the back of his head with a handgun, and at least one of the women was kicked in the stomach, Cueto added.
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Both people received minor injuries, according to police. The man was transported at the scene, and the woman was transported to the hospital upon request.
All four masked men left with some personal items from the home, Cueto said. The home was not their initial target.
Information on whether or not the men had been apprehended was not immediately available.
