6 Tied Up In Home Invasion, Suspects At Large: LAPD

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Five men wearing masks and wielding rifles and handguns carried out a home invasion robbery in East Hollywood early Tuesday, where they used zip ties to bind some of the victims, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Officers were called to the 400 block of North Heliotrope Drive, just north of Beverly Boulevard, at 4:07 a.m., according to the LAPD.

The victims had recently arrived to Los Angeles on a visit from Minnesota; the robbers stole their purses, phones, cash and other items, witnesses said.

The men entered through the front door and covered the property's Ring camera with tape. Polcie said there were no signs of forced entry, ABC 7 reported.

"We just heard some really loud footsteps upstairs and then I heard one of my friends scream... So we realized it was not one of us, we were being robbed. All of my friends were tied up," one woman who was inside the home told the station.

The robbers left in an unknown direction. Police did not provide a description of the suspects.

One of the women who was in the house told a videographer at the scene that six of her friends were bound with zip ties while the suspects carried out the heist. She said she and some other were able to escape by crawling out a window.

City News Service contributed to this report.