Commerce City police are looking for two suspects and a witness in what appears to be a well-organized home invasion and robbery.
An unidentified 46-year-old Commerce City man opened his front door Aug. 29 to a woman who asked for help fixing a flat tire. He agreed and walked out of his house, leaving the garage door open. The car with the flat tire had stopped around the corner on a side street, out of view of the house, police said.
Within minutes, a maroon car, possibly a Ford Taurus, drove into the garage. Two men exited the car and entered the house, where they tied up the man’s 84-year- old mother.
After changing the tire, the car owner and the homeowner walked back to the house, where they were assaulted by the two men. The homeowner was tied up; the woman was told to leave and not to call police because they had her license-plate information, police said.
The two bandits, dressed in black and wearing gloves, then ransacked the home, stealing a computer, a small amount of cash and other items, police said.
“We’ve been at this for a long time,” said Commerce City police Detective Mike Saunders. “Nothing but dead-ends. The two men were so well-disguised, we can’t even distinguish their race.
“We’re treating the woman with the flat tire as a victim. We need to talk to her.”
Saunders described the woman as early to mid-20s, about 5-foot-4 and thin. The two men are about 6 feet tall with slim builds.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 303-227-8840.
