Updated: 4:20 PM MST April 14, 2021
CHANDLER, Ariz. Chandler Police arrested two men accused of holding an elderly couple at gunpoint and robbing them on Monday morning.
Officers arrested 24-year-old Roger Chavez Gil of Phoenix and 23-year-old Christopher Gross of Mesa.
Police said they were called to a home near N. McQueen and E. Knox roads just before 5 a.m.
Investigators said the two suspects entered an elderly couple s home through the garage while they were sleeping.
The suspects held them at gunpoint and demanded valuables, money and their car keys, and then fled the scene in the couple s car, according to police.
PD: 2 arrested after elderly couple robbed at gunpoint during home invasion in Chandler
Chandler Police Department
and last updated 2021-04-14 19:45:05-04
Chandler police say two men are facing felony charges after holding an elderly couple at gunpoint early Monday morning.
Officers were called to a home near Rural and Knox roads just before 5 a.m. after the couple called police to report a home invasion.
Chandler detectives learned the two suspects entered the victimsâ residence through the garage door that was inadvertently left open.
Police say the couple, who are husband and wife, were sleeping when the suspects woke them up at gunpoint. The suspects ordered them to turn over all their valuables, money, and car keys and the then fled the home by stealing the victimsâ vehicle.
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Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Thursday, April 15, 2021
CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) - Two suspects have been arrested in connection with a Chandler home invasion in which an elderly couple was robbed at gunpoint, according to police.
They said 24-year-old Roger Chavez Gil of Phoenix and 23-year-old Christopher Gross of Mesa are jailed on suspicion of numerous felony charges, including armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, burglary and vehicle theft.
It was unclear Wednesday if either man has a lawyer yet.
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Police said officers were called to a home about 5 a.m. Monday after the couple called to report a home invasion.
Two men accused of robbing elderly Chandler couple at gunpoint Mug shots for 24-year-old Roger Chavez Gil (Left), of Phoenix, and 23-year-old Christopher Gross (Right), of Mesa. (Source: Maricopa County Sheriff Office) By KOLD News 13 Staff | April 15, 2021 at 2:24 PM MST - Updated April 15 at 2:24 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Two men are in jail accused of robbing an elderly couple at gunpoint inside their Chandler home.
According to Chandler Police, on Monday, April 12 they received a call about a husband and wife reported being held at gunpoint and robbed.
The two suspects reportedly entered the house through the garage door that had been left open. The husband and wife said they were sleeping when the suspects woke them up at gunpoint.