ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WUSA) - It may be Halloween season, but a Virginia family says one “trick” has gone too far and authorities have now opened a criminal investigation.

Virginia resident Shayla says she and her family were terrorized Tuesday night by a group of people in costume who tried to enter her home.

“At first I thought it was just a Halloween joke, a little prank. So, I said, ‘Happy Halloween,’” she said.

According to Shayla, she thought the group would just leave. But they didn’t.

She called 911 and told them that police were on the way. However, the trio seemed unfazed.

“They kept knocking on the door. The knocks would get harder and harder,” Shayla said. “They threatened to kill us.”

When they couldn’t get in through the front, she said the group came around back of the home

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