At least five law enforcement agencies are searching through a Montgomery County community after burglars broke into a home, fled the scene and then crashed their car.
Investigators say two men and a woman broke into a home in Upper Dublin Township Tuesday afternoon then drove away in a getaway vehicle. They then crashed the car and fled on foot as responding police officers pursued.
One resident, Jen Guicheteau, told police she saw at least one of the suspects running away from armed police officers.
“They were running around with guns,” Guicheteau said. “Big huge guns, little guns. They were searching everywhere. They were speeding down the street. I’m still shaking.”
Guicheteau took cellphone video of the pursuing officers and also warned her family to get inside.
“’Come on guys we have to run.’ They’re like, ‘Why?’ I said, ‘Because there’s three people running around! I don’t know if they have guns or not but there’s police everywhere! We have to get into the house and be safe,’” Guicheteau said.
One of the male suspects was captured by police on Church Road in Oreland near an elementary school around the same time school buses were dropping children off. The other male suspect and the woman remain on the loose however, leaving the surrounding neighborhood on edge.
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Police have not released descriptions of the remaining suspects or the identity of the suspect in custody. They also haven’t revealed whether anything was stolen from the home in Upper Dublin.
