Suspects held 8 people, including kids, at gunpoint in Bluffton home as they stole cash, police say
A night of watching television turned terrifying Friday night when two armed men stormed into a Bluffton home in the Shady Glen neighborhood and robbed those inside, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office report.
Eight people, including two small children, were in the living room watching TV around 7:45 p.m. when two black men came into the home through the unlocked front door, pointed guns and demanded money, the report said.
One suspect had a gray revolver while the other had a shotgun, the report said. The gunmen rummaged through the bedrooms for half an hour before taking about $1,000 in cash, the report said. No other items were taken.
The suspects ran out the backdoor when one of the victim’s friends knocked on the front, the report said.
A K-9 tracking team searched the area but no suspects were found, the report said.
Both suspects had a thin build. One was 6-foot-3. The second was 5-foot-4. Both wore black clothing and handkerchiefs concealing their faces, the report said.
