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PLEASANT TOWNSHIP — One of two men involved in a violent home invasion Tuesday morning had red hair and a red beard, according to police.

County police also revealed that one of the men had commented about hearing the homeowner on job sites talking about having thousands of dollars.

The two men reportedly fled in a truck.

The 39-year-old homeowner told police he was alone sleeping on a couch at the house in the 400 block of East County Road 1000 South when two men in face masks broke in and forced him outside, said Sgt. Jamie Erow, spokeswoman for the Porter County Sheriff's Department.

The man was shot three times in the leg, Erow said.

The man also was handcuffed, taken to a barn and forced to open a safe containing an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.

The man's 36-year-old girlfriend arrived with children, found the home in disarray and blood on the garage floor, and interrupted the crime, police said. She was grabbed by one of the men, held at gunpoint and taken to the barn. There, she saw her boyfriend handcuffed and bleeding, Erow said.

The two suspects ultimately got into the safe, took the cash and left, police said.