'It's Very Scary,' Women Held At Gunpoint, Robbed Inside Valley Stream Home
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Two men wearing masks and armed with handguns pushed their way into a Long Island home while children were inside.
Nadia Gonzalez was especially grateful to be able to embrace her 12-year-old daughter after they were held up at gunpoint inside their Valley Stream home.
"I feel right now, much better. But you know, it's very scary," Nadia told CBS2's Hazel Sanchez.
The victims said they moved to the home six years ago from another part of Nassau County, thinking it was a safer community. It was until a knock on the door Monday night.
It happened around 6:30 p.m. Gonzalez said she was at her Henrietta Street home with her daughter, her mother, and two nieces -- one of them the 12-year-old daughter, and the other just 3 months old, when the doorbell rang.
Gonzalez said she answered the door to a masked gunman demanding money -- she told him she didn't have any.
"I don't have the money," she said.
The man pushed his way inside and was joined by a second gunman who stood watch at the door while he ransacked the home for ten terrifying minutes stealing jewelry, and snagging cell phones as the family tried to call for help.
The family said the men seemed to think there was money in the basement -- there was not.
The robbers also said something that may indicate they targeted the wrong house.
"They were looking for this man named Ricky. We don't know who that is," Gonzalez said.
The suspects then forced everyone into a bathroom and ran off after ransacking the home.
"I couldn't go to school yesterday, or today, because I couldn't sleep last night," the 12-year-old told CBS2's Tony Aiello.
She was home when the gunmen forced their way in.
"They had guns, I was really scared," she said.
Speaking Spanish, the grandmother Maria Pardo said she's thankful no one was hurt.
Gonzalez said police have taken their outdoor home surveillance video which shows the suspects arriving and leaving their home.
She's hoping police catch them soon so she and her family can sleep easy again.
"My daughter she's very, very scared. My niece too. Everybody's scared," she said.
Like many homes this one has a surveillance camera near the front door. It got a pretty good image of the masked gunmen. Nassau County police have the video and hope it helps them catch the suspects.