INSIDER JOB? Home Invaders Tie Up 5 People, Pistol Whip One, Steal 40k Dollars In Cash In Queens

Disturbing video shows a group of armed robbers in Queens zip-tying five people on a backyard patio and forcing a man at gunpoint inside the residence during a violent home invasion on Friday afternoon.

Police released the footage on Saturday morning of the incident as they continue to seek the suspects involved in the heist, in which the trio stole tens of thousands of dollars in cash

Police said the trouble began at about 5:19 p.m. on Feb. 19, when the trio of perpetrators confronted a group of five people in the backyard patio of a home near the corner of 146th Street and 116th Avenue in South Jamaica.

According to law enforcement sources, the suspects sneaked into the backyard through an open side entrance and displayed handguns to the five victims. Cops said they ordered the victims to lie on the patio floor.

After the victims complied with the request, authorities said, the suspects restrained each of them with zip ties. They then ordered one victim, a 43-year-old man, to go inside the residence with them.

Once inside the home, according to police, one of the suspects asked the victim, “Where’s the money?” The perpetrator then smacked the victim in the head with his handgun, causing a facial laceration.

Cops said the three gunmen ransacked the residence and removed $40,000 in cash, then fled from the location on foot along 146th Street northbound, before turning eastbound on 116th Avenue.