Police are searching for a man they say broke into a home May 15 near Georgetown and pointed a gun at the 83-year-old occupant.

Police responded at 10:30 a.m. to a home in the 24000 block of Lawson Road after a home security vendor reported a panic alarm was activated, and learned that an unknown man forced his way inside after an 83-year-old woman had opened her front door. 

Once inside, police said, the man pointed a handgun at the woman and demanded to see an unknown person who he believed was inside the home.

The woman was able to lock herself inside a bedroom and activate her panic alarm while the man searched her home. Police said the man was wearing a gray-hooded sweatshirt, and he may have driven away in a black pickup truck.

The woman was not injured.

The Delaware State Police Troop 4 Criminal Investigation Unit asks anyone with information to contact Det. L. Coleman at 302-752-3813; send a private Facebook message to the Delaware State Police; or contact Delaware Crime Stoppers at 800-847-3333.