Eyewitness News spoke to the west Houston apartment employee who was held at gunpoint as she was working with tenants. She said a gun was on her shoulder during the ordeal.
Two people were seen pointing guns at an apartment leasing worker and a tenant when they tried to rob a leasing office on Corporate Drive.Police need your help identifying two masked men accused of tying up two people and robbing them at gunpoint in west Houston.
It happened last month inside the leasing office of an apartment complex, and it was all caught on camera.Surveillance video captures the moment Gonzalez and two of her tenants were held at gunpoint inside the leasing office in the 7300 block of Corporate Drive before noon on Sept. 29.A woman with two children were able to bolt out of the office to get help. A different tenant, a man, was forced to the ground by the armed robbers and tied up.
"They have guns, and they were pointing it at my face. The gun was literally on my shoulder as he was walking behind me," Gonzalez said. The robbers rummaged through the leasing office. Police said they got away with cash, wallets, phones, and cards.The victims said they kept calm, but once the two men finally left, Gonzalez said her adrenaline kicked in. Security cameras caught the moment she broke out of the zip-ties to call 911.
"How did I do that? Even the cops asked me, 'You took that off by yourself?' It was thick zip-tie," Gonzalez said.Gonzalez said the complex was forced to make changes for their safety. They no longer accept cash payments for rent and are now moving to an online billing system.
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