In a harrowing incident in Homer Glen, Illinois, a 73-year-old woman was subjected to a terrifying ordeal when she was tied up and threatened at gunpoint in her own residence. This unsettling event unfolded as she was in the process of unloading her groceries at her home in the south suburbs.

According to the Will County Sheriff’s Office, the crime occurred on Wednesday afternoon, precisely at 2:48 p.m., on the 16800 block of South Deer Path Drive. The woman had just returned from a grocery shopping trip and was entering her garage when she was suddenly confronted by an assailant wearing a hoodie.

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The intruder brandished a firearm and demanded money from her, escalating the situation’s intensity. In a further act of aggression, a second suspect entered the scene, forcibly leading her into her home, adding to the victim’s distress.

Fortunately, law enforcement officials later apprehended three suspects following a dramatic police chase that ended in a crash, bringing some resolution to this frightening episode.

The suspect pointed a gun at her and demanded cash. Officials said a second suspect then forced her into her home.

The woman was then forced to sit in a chair as the suspects allegedly bound her wrists and ankles using items from inside the home, officials said.

Officials said the suspects then took a credit card from her purse and demanded her PIN number.

The suspects then left and went to a bank in Orland Park where they withdrew $2,000 from the victim’s account.

“They left her tied up, and they said, ‘You can go ahead and call the police, but by the time you are able to do that, we’ll be long gone.’ They did take her cell phone, so by the time she got out of the restraints, she made her way over to the neighbor’s house and called 911,” Mayor Christina Neitzke-Troike said.

Authorities said she was followed home in a dark-colored Acura that was stolen out of Chicago. The victim was able to free herself about 20 minutes later and asked for help from a neighbor.

The mayor says the victim is shaken but is doing okay.

Investigators believed this was a random attack, but she was targeted due to her age.

Three suspects were taken into custody by Joliet police after the dark-colored Acura was spotted, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said in an update late Thursday evening.

“Patrol officers from the Joliet Police Department located the suspect vehicle traveling on McDonough Street,” the update read in part. “When officers attempted a traffic stop, the driver fled, prompting a coordinated multi-agency pursuit. The vehicle ultimately crashed near Route 52 and Rowell Avenue in Unincorporated Will County. Three suspects fled on foot, and officers from several agencies set up a perimeter and began a search of the area. All three suspects were later located and taken into custody.”

One of the suspects was taken to a hospital. All three suspects have “extensive criminal histories, including prior weapons-related offenses and are from the City of Chicago,” and one of the offenders is a juvenile, police said.

The mayor of Homer Glen also told ABC7 a similar robbery happened earlier Thursday in nearby Lemont. ABC7 was told the suspects in the Lemont case were taken into custody. The Will County Sheriff’s Office has not confirmed that information.

There is no word if the two cases are connected.