Officials say a pair of armed thieves forced employees of a McDonald's restaurant in the city's Tacony neighborhood to open locked door, then a safe, before…
Officials say a pair of thieves forced employees of a McDonald's restaurant in the city's Tacony neighborhood to open locked door, then a safe, before escaping with about $2,500Thieves forced employees at a McDonald's restaurant in the city's Tacony neighborhood, in Northeast Philadelphia to open a locked door and a safe before getting away with about $2,500, police said on Sunday.
According to police, the incident happened at about 2:22 a.m. at a McDonald's restaurant on the 6400 block of Torresdale avenue, when officer responded to a call of a person with a gun at that location. Investigators said employees told responding officers that when a worker exited through a rear door while on break, two unknown individuals, armed with handguns, came into the establishment through that door.
While inside, officials said, the armed offenders forced an employee to open a locked back area and then, the pair forced a manager to open a locked safe.The offenders -- which police did not provide a description of -- fled on foot along Torresdale Avenue after obtaining about $2,500, officials said.
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