Benny Blanco’s mom, Selena Gomez’s mother-in-law, is unharmed after burglars break into her Studio City home
STUDIO CITY, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The mother of music producer Benny Blanco was unharmed after burglars smashed their way into her Studio City house on Monday night while she was home alone.
The victim is also the mother-in-law of singer Selena Gomez, Blanco’s wife. Authorities did not identify her by name but said she was left shaken up after three men broke into the two-story house.
She barricaded herself in a bathroom and called 911 after she heard the suspects entering through a sliding glass door that they shattered. Officers responded to the home around 9:15 p.m. but the suspects had already fled the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The suspects ransacked several rooms and got away with some property, police said, but it was not immediately what exactly they took.
Property records and neighbors identified the victimized resident as Blanco’s mother. She told investigators that the intruders kicked the bathroom door off its hinges during the incident.
Descriptions of the at-large intruders were not available.
Some of the victim’s neighbors told ABC7 that there has been an increase in residential break-ins in the area recently.
“Do I feel safe? Much less so than when we moved here,” Studio City resident Tim Knipe said. “We moved here about 27 years ago, for the Carpenter school district, and it was like, you could let your kids walk around all the time, it was fine. Now, not so much.
“We check our locks, make sure the alarm’s on,” Knipe said. “It’s a much different life.”
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