Suspects get away with $1,000 and a gun after robbing armored van in Northeast Philadelphia, police say
The Loomis armored truck driver was making a delivery at the Aldi store on the 5200 block of Whitaker Avenue around 3:15 p.m. when two armed gunmen approached, police said. The suspects took the driver's gun and the cash before escaping with a getaway driver, according to police.
They fled in a Nissan toward Roosevelt Boulevard, police said.
No one was injured, and no one has been arrested, according to police.
Northeast detectives are investigating the robbery.
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