Mount Prospect police responded about 10:29 a.m. Friday to a report of a home invasion in the 1200 block of Boxwood Drive. Police received a report that two male subjects came into an apartment residence and tied up a victim as he was sleeping in the basement.
Offender #1 male/Hispanic dark skin, 5’9″ no accent medium build 185 pounds armed with a possible black revolver.
Offender #2 was described as wearing dark clothing and wearing a black hoodie. The subjects told the victim that they were police. — some confusion whether offender #1 had the hoodie or if #2 had the hoodie.
The suspects fled in a northwesterly direction toward Randhurst Village.
The crime is reported to have occurred about 10:17 a.m. Friday.
A soft lockdown was activated at Euclid School.
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