A woman was strangled during a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills, and police were searching for the suspects on Thursday night.
Officers responded to the home in the 8500 block of Lookout Mountain Avenue, near Wonderland Avenue Elementary School, just before 8:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. When they arrived, they learned a resident in her 70s had been assaulted and strangled during the incident.
Police say she was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.
The suspects, described as at least two men wearing hoodies and masks, took off in a white Honda Accord, LAPD said. They took cash and jewelry, according to police, but it is unclear how much was taken.
A neighbor, who wished to only be identified as Chris, called the house a “perfect target” due to the lack of street lights and neighbors.
“It’s a dark street. It’s at the top. Dead-end street. Not many people on it,” he said. “So, of course, it’s like the perfect street for a break-in.”
The police department’s Robbery-Homicide Division has taken over the investigation.
NBC Los Angeles has been reporting on break-ins each day for the past two weeks, with most of them happening in the San Fernando Valley, where Mayor Karen Bass says there are now increased police patrols.