Philadelphia police are investigating an armed home robbery involving Temple University students that occurred Friday morning at an off-campus apartment, school officials said.
Police respond to a report of an armed home robbery in Philadelphia, Nov. 11, 2022., which they said started when one of the roommates responded to a knock at the door.
Several of the roommates were then woken up by an armed man, who took one of them to wake up the rest, the students said.Eleven people were in the home at the time, including six female residents, three boyfriends and two female friends who had stayed over, WPVI reported. They were all locked in the apartment's basement for over an hour, the students said.
The victims told WPVI they believe the suspects were at the wrong address because the two men repeatedly asked, "Where are the drugs?"The students were ultimately forced to hand over their cellphones, car keys and debit cards along with their PINs, they told WPVI. Police said the pair also stole a 2015 Infinity minivan, according to WPVI.
"You never think it's going to happen to you, but when it does, it's like a shock," one student told WPVI.
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