Menlo Park police are looking for a suspect in an attempted home invasion robbery Thursday night in the 2000 block of Menalto Avenue in the Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park.
A resident of the home told police that at around 8 p.m. a young man rang the doorbell and attempted to force his way into the home, pointing a long-barreled black revolver at the resident and demanding his wallet.
The resident and his wife managed to keep the gunman from entering the home by pushing the door closed and locking it, said Sgt. Matthew Ortega of the Menlo Park Police Department.
The suspect fled east on Menalto Avenue and then south on E. O’Keefe Street into East Palo Alto, Sgt. Ortega said in a press statement.
There was no property taken and no one was injured.
Police describe the suspect as a black male in his late teens or early 20s, approximately 5 foot 6 inches tall, and with a stocky build. The suspect was wearing black pants and jacket, a black beanie cap, and a red bandana around his face, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the investigating officer at 330-6300 or the anonymous tip line at 330-6395.
