Los Angeles police investigating home invasion burglary in Woodland Hills
A daylong Los Angeles police investigation into a home invasion burglary continued late Thursday night, hours after they were first called to a Woodland Hills home.
Officers said that the hot prowl burglary, defined as a burglary that happens when residents are still home, happened just after 4:45 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
They say that they didn't receive a 911 call to report the crime until 7:30 a.m., however.
Upon arrival, they learned that a crime had taken place, though they didn't provide additional details. Investigators have not yet revealed details on the victims, but say that at least two suspects were inside the home at some point.
They had already fled from the scene by the time police arrived.
Home security footage from a nearby residence shows a car stopping outside of the house at around 4:30 p.m., when four men exit. About 10 minutes later, the suspects can be seen making trips to and from the car.
One neighbor who was leaving for work at the time told CBS News Los Angeles that he saw a group of men who were holding trash bags as they tried to jump into a moving car.
"As I was driving down the street, there was a big white SUV parked on the right side," the man said. "As I pulled towards it, it started moving with the rear door open and a guy with a big garbage bag trying to run into it ... So I called 911, but they turned their lights off and sped around me."
Another man who also spoke with CBS News Los Angeles, but wished to remain anonymous, said that he owns the property and was renting it out to a group of five people. They told him that the suspects knocked on the door posing as police officers.
No injuries have yet been reported and police haven't said how much, if anything, the suspects left the property with.
The investigation continued late into Thursday night, at least into the 11 p.m. hour — more than 17 hours after the started scouring the property for evidence.
Aerial footage of the hours-long investigation showed detectives scouring both inside and outside of the home. A black duffel bag filled with what appeared to be rifles sat on the ground outside of a shattered glass door.
