‘Screaming and yelling’: Ontario family woken up by armed men in break-in attempt

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An Ontario mother says her family is “shaken up” but thankfully unharmed after four masked men attempted to break into their house with guns earlier this week.

Aevic Geris of Barrie said she woke up at around 2 a.m. on Monday to check on her three little boys, who are three, five and seven years old.

But as she went back to bed, she heard a “bang.” Startled by the noise, Geris said she woke up her husband who was sleeping in another room.

This is when they heard another noise outside of the home and realized someone had smashed a window and was trying to get in.

“My kids woke up from all of the screaming and yelling,” said Geris.

She said despite their screams, the intruders continued to try and get in, with one person eventually shooting at the door.

“It’s something you might see in the movies, not in real life,” said Geris.

She said she then called 911, but unfortunately, officers missed the intruders by a matter of minutes.

Barrie police say they responded to an attempted break-in at a Rosedale Place home near the Bayfield Street and Cundles Road intersection just after 2 a.m.

Home security footage shared by Geris online shows four individuals attempting to break into the home through a back door by breaking a window.

Geris rents the basement apartment with her husband and their three sons, who were all home at the time of the incident.

The video shows the suspects breaking the glass on the back door and attempting to gain entry, claiming to be police officers.

In the video, the couple who rents an apartment in the basement unit of the house can be heard yelling at the people trying to break into the home before firing a gun.

“We’re grateful that nobody was seriously injured. Certainly, somebody could have been behind