3 suspects pose as gas company workers in attempted home invasion scheme in Whittier [Video]

WHITTIER, Calif. (KABC) — Residents in a Whittier neighborhood are on high alert after three men posed as gas company workers to try to get into a home.

The incident happened Friday around 7 p.m. in the 8100 block of Bradwell Avenue in an unincorporated part of Whittier.

The sheriff’s department said three men walked up to a home, claiming to be from a gas company who needed to get inside to check the meters. In surveillance video obtained by Eyewitness News, you see three men: one is wearing a vest, but all three are wearing face masks.

Their ploy didn’t appear to work. The residents of the home refused to let them in and closed the door.

After the three men walk away from the home, the homeowners stepped outside to see where they were going.

Suddenly, the suspects turn around and sprint back toward the home, trying to make their way in. …