Two men armed with rifles steal cash from armored truck in Philadelphia, police say
No injuries were reported during the robbery.
Two men armed with rifles robbed an armored truck Tuesday morning in Northeast Philadelphia, fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
No one was injured in the robbery, which occurred shortly before 10 a.m. in the 7200 block of Torresdale Avenue, a corridor of small businesses and rowhomes.
No arrests had been made as of midday Tuesday.
The FBI is investigating the incident along with police, an FBI spokesperson said, but declined to provide additional information.
The truck was operated by Brinks, a national security and cash logistics company that transports money for banks and retailers. A spokesperson for the company declined to comment, referring questions about the incident to law enforcement.
Tuesday’s robbery comes nearly a year after a string of armored truck heists in the Philadelphia area, several of which targeted Brinks vehicles. Even so, such robberies remain relatively uncommon, law enforcement officials say.
In June, three men — including a recently fired Brinks employee — were charged in the theft of about $2 million from one of the company’s trucks during a daytime robbery behind a Home Depot on Castor Avenue in Port Richmond.
That same month, a man armed with two handguns stole about $700,000 from a Brinks truck outside an H Mart grocery store in Cheltenham Township. In a separate incident, two armed men held up a Loomis armored truck driver making a delivery at an Aldi on Whitaker Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, taking about $1,000.
In July, three men robbed a Brinks driver after he made a pickup at the Holmesburg Shopping Center on Frankford Avenue, escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash and the driver’s gun, police said at the time. Less than two weeks later, two armed men attempted to rob another Brinks driver on Castor Avenue in Rhawnhurst, but fled after the driver opened fire.
Police are asking anyone with information about Tuesday’s robbery to contact investigators at 215-686-3153 or submit tips anonymously by calling or texting 215-686-TIPS.