Family Robbed At Gunpoint On Christmas Morning

HOUSTON, TX -- A family had an unforgettable Christmas morning when three young men broke into their home at about 4 a.m. Christmas Day and held them at gunpoint while they robbed them of their Christmas presents, cash and a big screen television.

A woman who lives in the Sterling Court Apartments in the 9500 block of Minnesota Street, said that about 4 a.m., someone woke her and everyone else in her apartment up by continually and frantically hitting the doorbell.

A friend who was in the apartment with her, her daughter and her mother went to see if someone needed help.

When her friend opened the door, three men in hoodies and waving guns burst through the door and forced everyone to the ground.

During the five minute ordeal, the young men rummaged through the purse of the woman’s 70-year old mother, stacked up their Christmas presents, and removed a 42-inch tv from the wall.

The woman said she covered her 6-year old daughter with her body to protect her, in case they started shooting.

“I was scared for my life, I was scared for my daughter’s life. I mean, who would bust in on a family on Christmas of all things?” she told KPRC.

The woman said that during the ordeal, one of the gunmen looked at her and warned them not to call police or they would kill them all.

The young men are believed to be between the ages of 18-25 were all wearing hooded sweatshirts and carrying handguns when they ran from the apartment.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the Houston Police.

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