Halloween masks–carrying creeps terrorized a widow in Virginia as chilling doorbell footage confirmed the trio making an attempt to interrupt into her dwelling and threatening to kill the occupants inside.
The three suspects confirmed up on the Alexandria dwelling — about eight miles from Washington, DC — round 10 p.m. Tuesday, based on the home-owner’s daughter, Shayla, WUSA9 reported.
“At first I believed it was only a Halloween joke, a bit of prank,” Shayla stated. “So I stated, ‘Blissful Halloween.’”
However when the masked intruders refused to depart, she warned them she’d name the police — a risk that didn’t scare them off.
“They saved, like, knocking on the door,” she recalled. “The knocks would get tougher and tougher.”
The household’s doorbell video captured three figures — one dressed as horror villain Michael Myers from the “Halloween” film franchise, one other as a clown, and a 3rd as a sinister-looking nun — pounding on the door and demanding entry into the house.
“It’s both you popping out or we coming in,” one in all them shouted. “Open the door!”
In accordance with Fox 5, Shayla’s youthful brother and household canine have been additionally current inside the house throughout the late-night scare.
In addition they made threatening gestures earlier than transferring to the again of the house.
The group broke by a picket fence, slashed open deck screens, and banged on home windows whereas peering inside.
“They have been simply hitting the window,” Shayla informed WUSA. “My coronary heart dropped once they stated they have been gonna take a chair and break down the door. That’s simply an excessive amount of.”
Shayla informed the outlet the masked suspects “threatened to kill us.” After about 10 minutes of pure terror, the trio lastly left — leaving Shayla and her widowed mom shaken.
“It’s not even a joke gone mistaken. They tried to enter the house,” she stated. “My dad not too long ago simply died, so it’s like… I’m simply glad I used to be there. However now she’s in worry. She doesn’t need to keep there by herself.”
Shayla additionally famous how otherwise issues might have gone.
“Our Second Modification proper was not used — and will have been,” she informed the outlet.
Social media customers recalled how the horrifying encounter was eerily much like the 2013 thriller movie “The Purge.”
“Actually The Purge,” one commenter stated on X.
“They’re fortunate they didn’t get shot,” one other consumer stated.
“These criminals have gotten extra brazen and asking to be gunned down. THIS IS NOT A GAME- individuals are on edge- you might be taking part in together with your life,” one other added.
Alexandria Police Chief Tarrik McGuire known as the incident a “very severe matter.”
“They started to make threatening and alarming feedback to the household… particularly, they stated, ‘If you don’t come out, we’ll are available in,’ and likewise threatened to do bodily hurt, stating that they’d in the end kill them,” McGuire stated at a Thursday press convention.
He stated investigators are reviewing extra surveillance footage from close by properties and companies to determine the suspects.
McGuire stated the trio could face prices together with housebreaking and prison threats — and echoed Shayla’s warning about residents’ rights.
“They tried to enter a residence, and below Virginia state regulation, that constitutes housebreaking,” he stated. “It’s a warning to folks: don’t go as much as folks’s doorways, make threats, advance their doorways, and play with their lives — as a result of it might probably finish very badly.”
