TheMorningStar
March 10th, 2010, 02:21 PM
During the harrowing emergency call, the child pleaded with Los Angeles County sheriff's dispatchers to send help.
"Can you come really fast? Please! Please! . . . They have guns. They shoot my mom and dad," the boy said, according to a copy of the 911 tape (http://www.latimes.com/includes/misc/boy911tape.wav) released by authorities.
The incident began about 8:30 a.m. when the three suspects, armed with handguns, stormed through an unlocked door and said they were going to take what they wanted, the Sheriff's Department said.
The boy hid in the bathroom with his 6-year-old sister and locked the door.
"There's some guy who's going to kill my mom and dad," he told the emergency dispatcher. "Can you come, please?
"Bring cops . . . a lot of them! . . . And soldiers too," the boy said. He told the dispatcher that he thought his parents had been shot.
The attackers broke into the bathroom and found the boy. At that point, screaming is heard on the 911 tape.
Authorities said one of the suspects grabbed the boy and asked who he called. "911," the boy responded, according to the department.
The suspects fled without injuring anyone or taking any property, authorities said.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-911-tape10-2010mar10,0,4564343.story
He and his sister were locked in the bathroom, but were eventually discovered by the robbers.
"You could just hear the fear in them, crying and screaming for help," the female 911 dispatcher who talked to the boy told KTLA.
The crooks, identified as three Hispanic men, demanded to know who the boy was talking to.
"911," he told them.
The three thugs quickly ran without taking a thing, and fled in what police believe was a gray Acura (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Acura). http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/03/10/2010-03-10_boy_7_saves_parents_in_home_invasion_by_hiding_ in_bathroom_calling_911.html
"Can you come really fast? Please! Please! . . . They have guns. They shoot my mom and dad," the boy said, according to a copy of the 911 tape (http://www.latimes.com/includes/misc/boy911tape.wav) released by authorities.
The incident began about 8:30 a.m. when the three suspects, armed with handguns, stormed through an unlocked door and said they were going to take what they wanted, the Sheriff's Department said.
The boy hid in the bathroom with his 6-year-old sister and locked the door.
"There's some guy who's going to kill my mom and dad," he told the emergency dispatcher. "Can you come, please?
"Bring cops . . . a lot of them! . . . And soldiers too," the boy said. He told the dispatcher that he thought his parents had been shot.
The attackers broke into the bathroom and found the boy. At that point, screaming is heard on the 911 tape.
Authorities said one of the suspects grabbed the boy and asked who he called. "911," the boy responded, according to the department.
The suspects fled without injuring anyone or taking any property, authorities said.http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-911-tape10-2010mar10,0,4564343.story
He and his sister were locked in the bathroom, but were eventually discovered by the robbers.
"You could just hear the fear in them, crying and screaming for help," the female 911 dispatcher who talked to the boy told KTLA.
The crooks, identified as three Hispanic men, demanded to know who the boy was talking to.
"911," he told them.
The three thugs quickly ran without taking a thing, and fled in what police believe was a gray Acura (http://www.nydailynews.com/topics/Acura). http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/03/10/2010-03-10_boy_7_saves_parents_in_home_invasion_by_hiding_ in_bathroom_calling_911.html