Surgical Mask-wearing Intruders Flee After Homeowner Scares Them Away

Burglars enter Oak Lawn resident's yard on McVicker Avenue by cutting a hole in her fence. Men fled when elderly homeowner yelled at them after they were inside her home.

Posted Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 4:53 am CT|Updated Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:45 am CT

An elderly Oak Lawn homeowner scared off two men after they broke into her home on the 9500 block of South McVicker Avenue around 5 p.m. Aug. 23.

The homeowner told police she heard several loud bangs from the rear of the house and yelled, “Who’s back there?”

She walked outside and saw two men flee the house through a door that had been locked. Both men ran through a hole they had cut in the fence, said.

A neighbor reported that he was in his home across the alley having supper when he saw two men running to a brown SUV that sped away.

Police looked around but could not find the men, who were both said to be wearing blue surgical masks.

The homeowner said that nothing appeared to be missing from her home.

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