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The men used a crowbar to break in, the indictment said, but fled before making off with anything.

Brown fled the scene but was spotted by eyewitnesses and captured on CCTV.

He then fled the scene using a route, which included a train tunnel, where there were few security cameras.

A second Tehran resident told BBC Persian that their family had gathered their documents and jewellery and fled northwards early on Saturday.

After they attempted to push him out, he allegedly fired at the couple multiple times, Thompson said, then fled the scene and the couple's daughter Hope called 911.