<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A group of thieves are on the run after a mother and her teenage son were threatened with a gun during a terrifying home invasion in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> west overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> allege three hooded and masked thieves used a crowbar to smash their way through a bedroom window of a townhouse in Altona North just before 2.30am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 16-year-old boy who was asleep inside at the time was awoken by the noise, as well as his mum who rushed from a nearby room to his side.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/woman-dead-nsw-south-coast-narooma-ute-hatchback-crash/7aa4c841-ef5c-41fa-a326-d926c690acc3" target="_blank"><strong><span>Woman dead after ute rolls, collides with hatchback in NSW</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The thugs then threatened the pair with a gun, police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The thieves escaped the home with a safe before fleeing in a white Volkswagen hatch.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Four other occupants inside the home at the time were not injured, but were understandably shaken by the ordeal.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/home-invasion-altona-north-mother-and-son-threatened-with-gun/4396528c-bccc-4fe7-ad90-b6ac1736ec43" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family has rented the home for 11 months, and neighbours say in that time there hasn't been any trouble.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's terrifying. I don't know what I would do in that moment . I feel really terrible for them," one neighbour said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators were seen door-knocking neighbours' houses as they continue to investigate the horrifying ordeal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No arrests have been made at this stage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>