Teen Calls in Home Invasion from a Closet in Beverlywood

Originally posted at 11:05 a.m. July 23, 2014. Edited with new details.

Los Angeles police today sought two men suspected of breaking into a Beverlywood home, where an 18-year-old woman home alone called 911 from a bedroom closet.

The suspects went to the home Tuesday in the 9200 block of Airdrome Street, Los Angeles police Officer Joel Morales said.

A woman who was in the house told a reporter she heard someone trying to get in the back door and thought it might be someone she knew, but when she saw the suspects, she retreated into a bedroom closet and slammed the door, then called police.

The suspects fled without taking anything before police arrived. A search of the area netted no arrests.

The woman said she was so frightened that she was hesitant to come out of the bedroom closet even after police arrived. Her mother told a television station the suspects appeared to have searched inside the home for something, but nothing was missing. She also said a similar crime occurred last week about three blocks away.

--City News Service