Sacramento County Sheriff's Department deputies are investigating the invasion this afternoon of a home in North Highlands occupied by four children.
Around 12:30 p.m., deputies responded to a residence in the 3700 block of Bolivar Avenue after a 12-year-old girl reported two male adult suspects had broken into her home, according to a sheriff's department news release.
Deputies determined that four children, ranging in age from 7 to 12 years, had been inside the home when one of the suspects knocked on the front door, the release states. The children did not answer and, a few minutes later, they found the two suspects had entered the home through the garage and were ransacking a bedroom.
The children confronted the suspects and yelled at them to leave before hiding in other bedrooms in the home, according to the release.
One suspect pointed a gun at one of the children and forced open the door of a bedroom where other children were hiding, the release states. However, one of the children was able to reach a phone and call authorities, and the suspects fled on foot from the residence.
Responding deputies established a perimeter around the house but were unable to locate the suspects.
Anyone with information about the home invasion is urged to call the sheriff's department at (916) 874-5115.
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