SAN MARCOS--A family reported that on Friday night four men with guns broke into their home, tied them up and made off with jewelry and an SUV, a Sheriff's Department's sergeant said.

Shortly before 11 p.m., deputies at the San Marcos Sheriff's Station got a call from a 15-year-old girl saying her parents were being robbed in their home at 774 Avenida Cordoniz, Sgt. Kelly Stuart said. When deputies arrived, the suspects were gone and the victims reported that four men had come in, led them into the garage at gunpoint and tied them up, Stuart said. The suspects, described only as Hispanic males with at least two handguns, took a large amount of jewelry from the house and fled in the couple's 2004 white Toyota Sequoia, California license plate 5GEZ292.

The husband was able to get free and follow the suspects for a short distance before losing them on Highway 78, Stuart said. San Macros Sheriff's detectives are continuing the investigation.