In an incident similar to the fatal shooting of middler criminal justice major James H. Cassidy last May, two unknown assailants walked into a fourth floor apartment on Symphony Road Friday, pulled a gun and demanded “marijuana and money,” according to James Ferrier, the associate director of the Northeastern Public Safety Division.

The middler electrical computer engineering major, who was the victim of the attack and wished to remain anonymous, was cooking in his kitchen when he felt the gun against his head.

“I was in the apartment; I had the door open,” the student said. “I thought it was one of my roommates, I didn’t think much of it and then I turned around and a few dudes with guns pointed at my face.”

He said that the men specifically asked for the people who used to live in the apartment and demanded the “drugs and money.”

According to the Boston Police Department, the incident occurred around 12:45 p.m. Police are still looking for two black males thought to be in their 20s.

Police said that a witness saw a dark blue, old model car drive down the alley after the incident.

According to the BPD, the men brought the victim into the bedroom and told him to lie face down on the bed. They then proceeded to ransack the apartment.

“I was just thinking the whole time they would eventually shoot me,” the student said.

According to the student, the men took DVD players, video game systems, jewelry, digital cameras, a cell phone, credit cards and cash, among other things.

The suspect then hit the victim on the left side of his face with the firearm, according to the BPD and tied the victim’s hands behind his back.

“When they were about to leave, they duct taped me up,” the student said.

According to his roommate, a middler architecture major who had locked himself in the bathroom during the incident, the student waited until he was sure the assailants were gone before removing the duct tape.

“I don’t think they knew I was in there, in the bathroom. I heard my roommate like yelling out for the guy and nobody answered,” he said. “We ran out the fire escape and went to the room next door. I don’t know the girl’s name but she let us in and we called the cops from there.”

The building on Symphony Road holds four apartments, one on each floor. Considered an off-campus building, the downstairs door is kept locked but there are no other security precautions.

Jacob Otto, a middler international business major who lives on the third floor, said that while he has never experienced any problems of this kind himself, he has heard that they have occurred there before.

“I have heard from police that crimes have happened in this building before, due to problems with the previous tenants,” Otto said. “I’m sure it could have been prevented through people being more careful and paying more attention to who they see around the building.”

A freshman music major who lives on the second floor and wished to be referred to simply as Mike, said that he has never experienced any security problems either, but that there was nothing anyone could have done about this particular incident.

“I think the people need to get to know each other better and should keep their doors locked,” Mike said. “I don’t think it could have been prevented though, it seems like they knew what they were doing.”

-News correspondent Sarah Metcalf contributed to this report.