{"id":409606,"date":"2010-03-09T23:10:20","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T04:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0bae970b"},"modified":"2010-03-10T02:02:20","modified_gmt":"2010-03-10T07:02:20","slug":"norwalk-boy-7-makes-harrowing-911-call-during-armed-home-invasion-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/409606","title":{"rendered":"Norwalk boy, 7, makes harrowing 911 call during armed home invasion [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities were hailing a 7-year-old Norwalk boy as a hero Tuesday after he hid in a bathroom and called 911 as three armed attackers broke into his home and threatened his parents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">During the harrowing emergency call, the child pleaded with Los Angeles County sheriff&#8217;s dispatchers to send help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">&quot;Can you come really fast? Please! Please! &#8230; They have guns. They shoot my mom and dad,&quot; the boy said, according to a copy of the 911 tape released by authorities. To hear the tape, <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/files\/g-9605702-1.wav\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">The incident began about 8:30 a.m. when the three suspects, armed with handguns, stormed in through an unlocked door and said they were going to take what they wanted, the sheriff&#8217;s department said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">The boy hid in the bathroom and locked the door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">&quot;There&#8217;s some guy who&#8217;s going to kill my mom and dad,&quot; he said. &quot;Can you come, please?<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">&quot;Bring cops&#8230;a lot of them! &#8230; And soldiers, too,&quot; the boy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">He told dispatchers that he thought his parents had been shot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">The attackers broke into the bathroom and found the boy.\u00a0 At that point, screaming is heard on the 911 tape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">Authorities said one of the suspects grabbed the boy and asked who he called. &quot;911,&quot; the boy responded, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">The suspects fled without injuring anyone or taking any property, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">&quot;If not for the brave and educated actions of the 7-year-old boy, this might have ended tragically,&quot; said Capt. Pat Maxwell. <\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">[<strong>Updated 10:18 p.m.<\/strong>: The boy hid in the bathroom with his 6-year-old sister, according to the 911 tape. Authorities said the suspects fled in a gray two-door Acura RSX.] <\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (562) 863-8711.<\/p>\n<p class=\"asset asset-audio at-xid-6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a91e0eb4970b\">&#8212; Andrew Blankstein and Robert J. Lopez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities were hailing a 7-year-old Norwalk boy as a hero Tuesday after he hid in a bathroom and called 911 as three armed attackers broke into his home and threatened his parents. During the harrowing emergency call, the child pleaded with Los Angeles County sheriff&#8217;s dispatchers to send help. &quot;Can you come really fast? Please! 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