WOMAN DROPS CHILD OFF BALCONY TO SAVE HIM FROM ARMED ROBBERS IN HOME INVASION

June 10, 2011 (Mission Valley East) –Two men armed with a handgun robbed a woman in her home at 8301 Rio San Diego Drive. Her husband returned to the apartment and was confronted by the armed suspects. Running outside, he saw his wife and five-year-old son on the balcony.

The woman dropped the boy into her husband’s waiting arms, then leaped off the balcony to escape the home invasion robbers, according to SDPD officer David Stafford.

She struck a fence on the way down, injuring her leg. A passerby drove her to a hospital before San Diego Police officers arrived on the scene. SDPD’s robbery unit is investigating the crime.
 

The two suspects are described as follows:
 

Suspect #1: White male, in his 40s, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 200 pounds, wearing a brown shirt and blue jeans.
 

Suspect #2: Black male adult, in his 30s, 6 feet tall, 250 pounds, muscular, wearing jeans and white shoes.