Overview
- LAPD officers arrived just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday to the 8500 block of Lookout Mountain Avenue and found a woman in her mid-70s assaulted and strangled, with her condition not disclosed.
- Police say masked men in dark hoodies broke in, confronted the resident, demanded money and jewelry, and then fled in a white sedan described as a Honda Accord.
- Investigators report that cash and jewelry were taken and believe the haul was large.
- The suspects remain at large as a search continues and the LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division takes over the investigation.
- The home is near Wonderland Elementary School, a detail noted to alert nearby residents as detectives ask the public to stay aware.