Boy thwarts home invasion by hiding in attic

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A 12-year-old boy helped thwart an overnight home invasion robbery in southwest Atlanta, police said.

The incident happened just after midnight when three men forced their way into the boy?s home on Catherine Street and robbed the occupants at gunpoint.

?When he heard someone kick the door in, he was able to run up into the attic of the house and he called 911,? Atlanta police Capt. Adam Lee III told Channel 2 Action News.

Lee said the suspects held guns to the heads of the other residents, and ?one of them sustained an injury to her right eye when she was apparently struck across the face with one of the weapons.?

As officers arrived, a woman in a getaway car called one of the intruders and alerted him that police were driving up, Lee told Channel 2.

The home invaders ran out of the house and split up, with one of them getting into the getaway car, a Ford Mustang.

Police chased the Mustang into south Fulton County, where the driver wrecked in Fairburn.

?Unfortunately, we weren?t able to capture anyone but the female who was driving the vehicle,? Lee told the station.

Investigators recovered an AK-47 assault rifle and an automatic handgun that the suspects apparently dropped as they fled the house. Police also found a purse containing $500 that had been stolen from one of the victims.

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[_neutrino Veteran]

Way to go kid.

[*RedBull*]

Is this saying that women are bad drivers?

[DrJohnSmitherson]

Is this saying that women are bad drivers?

It doesn't need to

[Growled Member]

A great move by the kid. Seems all for naught, though, since the hapless cops let them get away.