Another Long Beach Home Invasion
A handgun was displayed but the resident wasn't injured. He may have been targeted because he's an electronics repairman, police said.
A pair of robbers burst into a Long Beach residence house south of Pacific Coast Highway near Redondo Avenue and stole cash and electronic devices, police said. The two males forced their way into the home about 9:19 p.m. Friday.
The suspects entered the residence in the 1500 block of Obispo Avenue, said Long Beach Police Department Sgt. David Marander.
``At least one of the suspects was armed with an apparent handgun,'' Marander said. The suspects demanded and took cash and electronic devices, Marander said.
``It appears the victim was possibly targeted because he repairs electronic devices,'' Marander said. The victim was not injured and no additional information about the suspects was immediately available, Marander said.
It was not immediately clear if there was any link or similarity to a home invasion Wednesday night (Feb. 8) involving more intruders forcing into the home of a couple in their 60s, in the 2900 block of Daisy Avenue. In that earlier case, the couple suffered injuries that required hospital treatment and it occurred about 2:45 a.m.
--City News Service contributed to this story
John B. Greet
6:55 am on Sunday, February 12, 2012
I think if more people exercised their individual constitutional right and responsibility to keep and bear arms, particularly as one effective method of self-defense in the home, fewer home invasion robberies would occur and those that did occur would stand a better chance of having a more positive outcome.