California family are tied up and held at gunpoint inside their $1million home by four masked intruders
A terrified woman whispered down the line to 911 operators from a closet in her California home as four masked robbers tied up the rest of her family and held them at gunpoint.
The heavily-armed gang burst into the $1.2 million Orange County home late on Monday night and ordered the terrified family to the floor.
They used a stun gun to subdue the only man in the house and demanded to know where the family kept their valuables.
A woman who escaped their attention managed to make a whispered call to 911 while hiding in a closet as the rest of her family were tied up
The $1.2million three-bedroom Orange County home where the raid took place
They then tied up the man, an elderly woman, a 14-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl before ransacking the home.
The other adult woman had managed to hide and call 911.
Police arrived to see the family still tied up and the gang fleeing the house.
They arrested 29-year-old Banning resident Danny Sommay after he was seen throwing his gun over a brick wall.
Police were on the scene within minutes after receiving the woman's whispered call at 10.40pm
Three of the gang remain at large despite an immediate police search assisted by a helicopter
They recovered the loaded 9mm handgun, which had earlier been reported stolen, but the rest of the gang slipped through the net and remain at large despite a search involving a helicopter from the nearby Huntington Beach Police Department.
Sommay was booked into the Orange County Jail the following morning on charges of kidnapping, robbery, burglary, conspiracy to commit a felony, possession of a loaded and stolen firearm and armed criminal action.
His bail was set at $1 million.
The Westminster Police Department has not revealed whether anything was stolen in the raid on the or why the family was targeted.
The condition of the family has not been disclosed.
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