PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A Pembroke Pines couple was held at gunpoint during a frightening home invasion.
The victim tells Local 10 News that she was ambushed on her way back to her apartment.
Police are searching for the two armed robbers who beat up the victims and trashed their home.
In the video, a thief is shown holding a gun to a woman’s back as another man knocks down the camera.
The victim said she was outside her unit at Marela Apartments on Northwest 130th Avenue, talking on the phone. When she walked inside, she was followed.
The incident happened late Friday.
Her boyfriend was inside the unit.
The gunmen pistol-whipped him and both were making demands, she told Local 10 News.
“He (the gunman) threw me against the wall and my head hit the picture, and that’s when I kind of leaned over and he pushed me right here on the sofa. If it’s money they want I said, ‘just give it to him.’ The young man said, ‘I’m not leaving if I don’t get my money and the laptop.’ "
She said the men demanded cash and a specific laptop from her boyfriend.
“I was trying to stay calm, keep them calm so they wouldn’t kill me and him,” the victim told Local 10 News’ Andrew Perez.
The victim has since returned to the home. It’s a mess, with blood and broken glass everywhere, she said.
“I don’t want to feel how I’m feeling now,” she said. “I’m scared. I fear for my life right now.”
Neighbors told Local 10 News they’ve been concerned about security, namely a gate that’s left open and, they say, that no one is keeping watch around the property.
Pembroke Pines police are actively investigating the case and the circumstances surrounding it.
The victim said she is thankful to be alive and that her boyfriend is recovering.
“I don’t even want to be here,” she said about being in the apartment.
Anyone with information is urged to call Pembroke Pines police or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 (TIPS).