Four people were tied up, beaten and robbed during a terrifying home invasion in Claxton Bay early Tuesday morning.

Police identified the victims as a 44-year-old woman of Macaulay Road; two men aged 40 and 22, and an 18-year-old woman.

Around 4:30 a.m., the older woman, who had returned home from work hours earlier, was awakened by her dogs barking and loud banging at the back door of the two-bedroom house. Moments later, four dark skinned men, slim built, dressed in dark clothing and wearing gloves, forced their way inside. Two of the suspects wore masks, while one carried a firearm and another a cutlass.