Home Invasion in Whitpain

Four men broke into a Whitpain home and "terrorized" the family inside early Monday afternoon, WPVI-TV reports.

The perpetrators wore ski masks and fled through the back door with money and jewelry when a neighbor knocked on the front door, WPVI reported.

The @MontcoAlerts account on Twitter, which usually relies upon emergency radio transmissions in its reports, described the subjects as possibly 3-4 black males and indicated the homeowner was held at gunpoint. @MontcoAlerts previously reported that the occupants of the home had been tied up during the incident.

The suspects remained at large Monday evening.

Earlier report follows.

Patch is currently receiving tips of an armed robbery reported on the 300 block of Railroad Avenue in Whitpain shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday.

Information is scarce, but @MontcoAlerts reports that a homeowner was held at gunpoint and his family may have been tied up by two to four black males who made off with an undetermined amount of cash.

Patch will update this story as more information becomes available.