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Realtor showing home pistol whipped, robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight: “I feared for my life”
Realtor showing home pistol whipped, robbed at gunpoint in broad daylight: "I feared for my life"
MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee realtor thought he was showing a rental property, but it turned out it was a setup. The realtor was robbed at gunpoint and pistol whipped while on the job.
"I`m still having a problem coping with it," James Olsen said.
Olsen, a realtor, thought he would be meeting a woman at 15th and Burleigh on Tuesday, May 3rd to show her a rental property.
"I got there and she was sitting on the porch," Olsen said.
When they walked inside, there was a scary turn of events.
15th and Burleigh
"It seemed strange to me that all the doors were closed. When I entered the kitchen, the door swung open and a gunman approached me and just stuck a gun right in my face and said 'get on the floor,'" Olsen said.
Seconds later, another man put a gun to the side of Olsen's head.
James Olsen
"Then they whacked me in the back of the head. I fell to my knees. I got on the floor. They rifled through my pockets and asked me where the money was," Olsen said.
The men left Olsen bloodied and hurt -- stealing his wallet, wedding ring and iPhone.
"I feared for my life. I really thought that, laying on the floor, I was going to get shot in the head," Olsen said.
The suspects fled the home -- running out a back door.
"They said, 'we`ll give you 20 seconds or we`ll kill you,'" Olsen said.
James Olsen
Olsen eventually went out the front door -- meeting his wife, who was waiting in their car. They then reported the incident to police.
"I was so scared. I never feared for our lives like that. I thank God that my husband was OK," Nozuko Olsen said.
James Olsen said the incident was terrifying -- but he is not going to let his fear control him.
"I`m just going to be careful at what I`m doing it, but stick to it and get back up on the horse," Olsen said.
Police are looking for the suspects.
This happened in broad daylight on Tuesday afternoon -- so Olsen is hoping that someone saw something.
If you have any information that could help police, you are asked to give them a call.
Meanwhile -- the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors has issued this statement regarding what happened to James Olsen: