. >> reporter: for about 15 years now darrell nuremberg has called the northridge neighborhood home. >> close to the city. as new people come here and spend their lives here it's not very transient. >> reporter: friday this house on jackson place turned into a crime scene when an elderly couple returned to their home. inside an intruder in the process of carrying out a robbery. spooked perhaps, the suspect stabbed the 84-year-old homeowner. that man still in critical condition. and darrell says that's not all. >> the gentleman's wife was brought to an atm machine. that's the word going around the neighborhood. >> reporter: not far from here about a year ago, another alexandria resident was killed inside of her home. the suspect in that case charles severance, has been charged. >> randomness of this has everybody in the neighborhood very concerned. >> reporter: darrell describes it as a quiet neighborhood a place where people come and in many cases never leave. some residents haven't been happy with the police response time. all the folks that i spoke to just want things to return to