The Salt Lake City Police Department is looking for a group of men that invaded a home while wearing clown masks Sunday morning, FOX 13 reports.
One of the men shot a man inside the home, and the shooting was witnessed by the victim’s young children.
A grandmother who also lives in the home began yelling at the group of men, then one of them threw her down a flight of stairs.
“My two grandsons, six and five, were right there screaming, ‘Please don’t shoot my dad again,’” the grandmother said. “They’re going to be traumatized for the rest of their life over this.”
The man is in critical condition after being shot in the arm. He has undergone surgery.
The grandmother said the men demanded money but left after learning the family didn’t have any money to give.
She was also injured and went to the hospital with a black eye, a broken rib and a bruised spleen.
SLCPD is asking anyone who has information about the case to call 801-799-3000.
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