Watauga home invasion
WATAUGA — Police in the Tarrant County town of Watauga are looking for three men responsible for a violent home invasion on Tuesday that targeted two women.
The men went into a home at the Park Vista Townhomes and bound, robbed and sexually assaulted one of the victims that was inside that home.
Police say the three men forced their way into the home, after knocking on the door.
The victims are two women in their 20s. "One was handcuffed behind her back; the other was bound... her hands were bound behind her back with a cord," said Watauga police Det. Jason Babcock.
The victims were held at gunpoint while the men ransacked the home, taking a computer, a television, and other electronics goods.
At one point, two of the suspects drove a car belonging to one of their victims to a nearby Chase bank branch and took cash out of an ATM machine using her bank card. A bank security camera captured images of a man wearing a blue hoodie leaning out the driver's window to make the illicit transaction.
While that was happening, the gunman assaulted one of the victims inside.
Two of the women's vehicles were taken, one of which was recovered on Tuesday in Fort Worth. Police are looking for clues inside that vehicle.
Another vehicle, a 2003 white Chevy Impala with a Texas tag BF1-4174, still has not been found.
One of the suspects has the word "Mookie" tattooed on his right hand and "Kathy" on his neck. He is described as African American, 19 or 20-years-old, 5'7" tall and weighing 160 pounds.
"This looks less like a random act and more like something that was pre-planned," Babcock said.
Contact Watauga police or your local law enforcement agency if you have any information about this crime or the suspects.
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