Philadelphia police are searching for an armed suspect who held a father at gunpoint, restrained a family with zip ties and stole $1,000 during a home invasion in Olney Saturday night.

Investigators said a father was sitting on the front porch of his home in the 500 block of Marwood Road shortly before midnight when an armed person, dressed in all black, went up to him.

The suspect held the father at gunpoint, forcing him back inside the home where his wife and daughter were, police said.

Gloria Rodriguez, who is 13, said she was watching a movie with her mom when the man walked in, holding her dad at gunpoint.

"The man, he appeared out of nowhere, pointed a gun at my dad and told him to go inside," she said.

The suspect then allegedly used zip ties to restrain all three family member

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