A 71-year-old woman was pistol-whipped and robbed inside her home in the Beverly Grove area of Los Angeles Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The robbery occurred around 2:30 p.m. in the 6600 block of West 5th Street.
A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson says a lone, masked suspect entered the home, struck the victim and then took “a large dollar amount of jewelry” before getting away.
The victim was emotionally shaken, but her physical injuries were not serious enough to require hospitalization, police said.
“She suffered some injuries to her head and some other lacerations as a result … Definitely shaken up, very afraid of what happened, but she should recover fully from her injuries,” said Lt. Kirk Kelley.
No suspect or vehicle information was immediately available.