CLEARLAKE, Calif. – The Clearlake Police Department is seeking three men responsible for an early Saturday morning home invasion robbery during which they threatened to kill a child.

A Clearlake Police report said that at 3 a.m. officers responded to a reported home invasion robbery which had just occurred at a residence in the Lakeland Mobile Home Park at Old Highway 53. Officers arrived on scene within a few minutes to find the suspects had fled just prior to the 911 call.

During the investigation officers found out that a 34-year-old male, his 33-year-old girlfriend and their 9-year-old daughter had been asleep inside the residence when they were awakened to the sound of three subjects banging on their front door while announcing “sheriff’s department, search warrant,” according to Sgt. Tim Hobbs.

The three subjects then forced open the front door. Hobbs said all three were wearing badges around their necks, had black bandannas over their lower faces and were holding black handguns.

The men forced the adult victims onto the floor in the living room and began demanding to know the whereabouts of marijuana and money, which the couple denied having, Hobbs said.

One of the men then went into a bedroom and brought the victims' 9-year-old daughter into the living room, according to Hobbs.

The subject pointed his handgun at the child's head and threatened to shoot her if her parents did not tell them where the marijuana and money was. Hobbs said the adult victims again denied having any marijuana or money, as they had none.

The three men ransacked the house and were unable to find marijuana or money. They began talking about being at the wrong house, then left the residence, Hobbs said.

Two of the men fled in a pickup truck headed south on Old Highway 53. The third subject, who did not make it to the vehicle in time, began running south on Old Highway 53, Hobbs reported.

Clearlake Police officers and several Lake County Sheriff's deputies searched the area for several hours, the report said.

During the search, Officer Travis Lenz and his K9 partner “Dex” located evidence related to the crime while tracking the suspect that had fled on foot, Hobbs said.

Police said they are not releasing information about what the recovered evidence is at this time.

All three subjects were described as white male adults who had the lower portions of their faces obscured by the bandannas, with each armed with a black handgun, Hobbs said.

The vehicle two of the men fled in is described as a dark-colored “lifted” Toyota pickup truck with loud exhaust, Hobbs said.

Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Officer Travis Lenz at 707-994-8251, Extension 508.