Philadelphia

Victim Recounts Harrowing Home Invasion Ordeal

Three victims terrorized in a violent overnight home invasion in Philadelphia struggled to make sense of why they were targeted Tuesday as police continued to search for a second masked attacker in the crime.

Two of the victims, a couple, spoke with NBC10's Katy Zachry after leaving the hospital following their ordeal.

Police said two masked men armed with a hammer and a knife burst into the home near F Street and Allegheny Avenue in Kensington shortly after 2 a.m. and awoke the couple and a female friend staying at the house. They tied up the friend and the man in the house and forced the other woman to drive them to an ATM, where she withdrew the $100 she had for them.

"I'm scared," the woman forced to the ATM said. "They told us that they were gonna kill us after they got what they wanted."

The man suffered stab wounds to his hands trying to fight the men off.

"He got stabbed in the hands a little bit, a lot of blood," the woman said.

She said she does not know why she, her boyfriend and her friend were targeted.

While the attackers forced her to the ATM, the other woman escaped from the chair she was tied to and began banging on houses on the block screaming for help, the victim recounted.

"She ran down the street. She was banging on everybody's doors," the woman said.

When police arrived, they spotted the two suspects struggling with the victim on the street. They were able to chase down one man, who was armed with a hammer, but said the second got away.

The man arrested is 28 and from Philadelphia, police said. They are still searching for the second attacker and investigating to determine why the robbers chose that home.

Tipsters should contact East Detectives at 215-686-3243 or the police tip line at 215-686-8477, or text a tip to PPD TIP (773847).

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