A Bay Terraces couple, who preferred to remain anonymous, recovered Saturday after being robbed at gunpoint Friday night inside the garage of their home in the 7200 block of Brookhaven Road.
“Oh my God,” exclaimed neighbor Edna Santiago. “We didn't know that. We didn't hear anything. "
Investigators said three men with dark bandanas over their faces committed the robbery, pistol whipping the man and demanding money.
According to police the couple left their garage door open and were returning home when the attack happened.
One suspect was already inside, and two others rushed in from behind stealing the couple's cell phones and a purse.
Neighbor Mona Rodriguez called the criminals “cowards,” saying “they don’t want to earn their way in society. They need God in their lives."
In the Bay Terraces neighborhood, where many residents have already fenced themselves in for protection, Friday's gunpoint robbery is a violent reminder of what can happen.
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“My husband always says lock the doors. Now I’ll lock the doors,” Rodriguiz said.
The husband and wife are shaken but okay. Investigators said the men were between 20 and 30 years old.
