Police searching for home invaders; The two robbers posed as officers to gain entry to the residence.(B SECTION)

Byline: TOM KIM tom.kim@heraldtribune.com

BRADENTON -- Two men who reportedly tied up a teenager while posing as police officers prompted a manhunt that brought out the county's SWAT team armed with tear gas grenades and rifles.

In the course of nearly three hours, officers roped off a neighborhood at 13th Avenue West and Third Street, stormed two houses, and stopped people in the streets. As of late Friday afternoon, though, they were still searching for the intruders.

It all started just before 8 a.m. Friday, when barking dogs and a loud bang woke Jovani Flores, 16. When he stepped out of his room to check on the commotion, he said, he startled …