Police say eight victims robbed at gunpoint during a robbery Monday morning in Brooklyn Center.

Officers say four suspects broke into a second floor apartment of the Sterling Square Apartment complex on the 6600 block of Humboldt Avenue North.

The suspects were let into the apartment around 4 a.m. They then ordered two women into the bathroom and bound six men’s hands and feet with duct tape at gunpoint. One person was injured, however their condition remains unknown.

"When you bind someone with duct tape, you use handguns, you actually injure one of the victims—it doesn’t get any more violent than that," said Brooklyn Center Police Cmdr. Mike Reynolds.

Officials believe the four suspects were targeting something of value inside the apartment but they would not comment what that was.

"It makes me want to move. I don’t even want to be in the vicinity, because if they did it to them, what makes me any different," said resident Brittany Riser.

Police say the suspects got away with cash, cell phones, and a tan 2005 Chevy Tahoe with Minnesota plates PNY 459.

Reynolds tells 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS what makes the home invasion more disturbing, is the fact their police department is approximately 100 feet away from the apartment.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Brooklyn Center Police Department at (763) 569-3333.

Preaching to the choir I'm sure, just goes to show you, Even if the Cops are close, doesn't mean they will be able to protect you....

"When you bind someone with duct tape, you use handguns, you actually injure one of the victims—it doesn’t get any more violent than that," said Brooklyn Center Police Cmdr. Mike Reynolds.

And my buddies still don't understand why I won't let my guard down at home *near Brooklyn center*, when we live ~200 feet from the police station.

I'll have to show them this.

What do you bet that if they catch these guys/gal they find out that their Mpls residents.



Mpls's 4th pct has gunshots right in the alley of the pct.



Being near a precinct doesn't protect you at all.

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Gee, I wonder what 8 people were doing in one apt. with "something of value" at 4 a.m.?

The suspects were let into the apartment around 4 a.m.

Gee, I wonder what 8 people were doing in one apt. with "something of value" at 4 a.m.?

Three men and a woman sought in June 8 Brooklyn Center home invasion
# By Sue Webber Sun Newspapers

(Created: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:59 AM CDT)
Brooklyn Center Police are seeking three men and a woman who allegedly invaded an apartment, bound the residents with duct tape, stole the contents of their pockets and then made off in one of the resident's Chevy Tahoe.

"All eight victims, seven adults and one 17-year-old, were duct-taped, and everyone's pockets were emptied by the four suspects," Brooklyn Center Police said. "Police do not think this is random."

Police said one of the apartment's residents ran to the police department to report the incident, which occurred sometime between 4 a.m. and 4:30 a.m.

Officers responded to the apartment complex, which is on the 6600 block of Humboldt Ave. N, at 6 a.m. Monday, June 8.

The four home invaders were let into the apartment by one of the eight people in the apartment, police said.

The Chevy Tahoe has Minnesota plates bearing the number PNY 459.

Police reported that witnesses described the home invaders as three black men and a black woman, and said that three of the four carried semi-automatic handguns.