Police Investigate Home Invasion

Police are looking for two armed men who forced their way into a home early Wednesday, hitting a woman with a handgun and fighting with a male resident who broke free and called police from a neighbor’s house.

No one was seriously injured in the incident at a Woodland Hills house in the 21300 block of Las Pilas Road, said Det. Duane Burris of the LAPD’s West Valley Division.

A family of four, including two children, was home at the time, he said.

In the master bedroom, one of the assailants hit the woman with a handgun; the other got into a fight with the man, who managed to break free and ran to a neighbor’s house to call police, Burris said.

The attackers were last seen running away, and the residents’ injuries were minor, Burris said.

Police declined to reveal how the pair broke into the home, what they took and whether the occupants knew them, citing concerns about jeopardizing the investigation.

Burris added that police were not aware of similar crimes in that neighborhood, which is near the Woodland Hills Country Club.

The assailants were both described as African Americans in their early 20s. Both have black hair. One is 6 feet tall and of medium build; the other stands about 5-foot-8 and weighs 160 pounds, police said.

Police are asking anyone with more information about the crime to call West Valley detectives at (818) 756-8546.