A seven-year-old boy has been praised for calling the police when robbers held his parents at gunpoint. Listen to the recording of his call to emergency services.

Three armed robbers broke into the seven-year-old’s home on Tuesday and threatened his parents at gunpoint, while he and his six-year-old sister hid in a bathroom in their Norwalk home and called emergency services.

The boy, identified only as Carlos, told a dispatcher there was “some guy, who’s going to kill my mum and dad” and begged her for help.

“Bring some cops, a lot of them!” he is heard saying in the recording of the emergency call, adding “and bring soldiers too!”

About 90 seconds into the call, Carlos’ sister starts screaming as someone apparently breaks into the bathroom.

Police said the robbers left without stealing anything once they realised the boy had called 911.

On Wednesday, Carlos was reunited with the sheriff’s dispatcher who took his call.

The boy gave Monique Patino a big hug and both of them spoke to reporters about what happened.

Throughout the 911 call, Carlos kept his composure and explained what was happening.

He told reporters that he remained calm because his mother used to make him practice dialling 911 in case of emergencies.

Patino, herself a mother of two young children, said she never considered that the call might have been a hoax.

“Just hearing them scream and crying for help, I just felt their fear through the phone,” she said, adding that “even if it was false, I don’t care, I’m sending them”.

Deputies were on scene within three minutes, but the assailants had escaped in a car, the Los Angeles County sheriff’s department said.