WHITESTONE, Queens (PIX11) --- A family of five was robbed at gunpoint in their Queens home Monday morning, according to police and sources.
The armed suspects, one dressed in an Amazon delivery vest, allegedly barged into the house near 152nd Street and 12th Avenue in Whitestone at around 9:05 a.m., police and sources said.
Authorities said the home's front door was left unlocked after one of the kids left for school Monday morning.
The men allegedly forced the parents, a 42-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman, and their three other kids into the basement and ransacked the house before leaving with an unknown amount of cash and jewelry, according to police and sources.
The suspect then fled in the couple's car, which was later found unoccupied near 154th Street and 14th Avenue, according to the NYPD.
There were no injuries.
There have been no arrests. Police are searching for two men between 40 and 50 years old. One was dressed in a black hooded sweatshirt, and the other in an Amazon delivery vest.
The investigation is ongoing.
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Mira Wassef is a digital reporter who has covered news and sports in the NYC area for more than a decade. She has been with PIX11 News for two years. See more of her work here.
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