Solvay, N.Y. -- A 66-year-old man was assaulted inside his Solvay apartment during a home invasion Saturday morning, police said.
Around 11:55 a.m., police responded to reports of a man running out of his home in the 500 block of Third Street with a significant cut on his head, according to Onondaga County 911 center dispatches.
The man was inside his first-floor apartment when two men in their late teens or early twenties broke into his house, said Detective Bruce Berg of the Solvay Police Department.
At least one of the men had an airsoft gun that he used to strike the man in the head, Berg said.
The man suffered a laceration to the head and was taken to Upstate Community Hospital, Berg said. His injuries are non-life-threatening, Berg said.
Berg did not disclose what was stolen from the man’s apartment.
Multiple police officers could be seen entering the home with guns drawn around 15 minutes after the incident was reported. They exited the building without anyone in custody.
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