Armed gunmen have made off with more than $100,000 in cash after holding up an armored truck on a delivery in Northeast Philadelphia.
The heist took place around 9 a.m. on Thursday in the parking lot of the TD Bank branch at 6635 Frankford Avenue in the Tacony section of Philadelphia, police said.
Police say two men, armed with assault rifles and wearing black bandannas over their faces, held up a Garda armored truck employee during a cash delivery.
The gunmen fled in a white van and ditched that vehicle along the 6600 block of Tackawanna Street -- which is around the corner from the bank. Police say the men then jumped into a white Cadillac, possibly an Escalade, and fled. There may have been other occupants in the second car, police said.
The men made off with a total of $105,000 in cash, police said. No one was hurt and the suspects are still on the loose.
One suspect is described as 6-foot-1-inches tall, 160 lbs. and was wearing jeans and a gray hoodie. The other man is 5-foot-8-inches tall, thin build and was wearing jeans and a black hoodie.
Police and the FBI are at the scene investigating.
Thursday's heist is more than a mile from another Garda armored truck heist along Frankford Avenue on Halloween last year.
In that robbery, two suspects wore Scream masks and brandished assault rifles as they held up an armored truck delivery man. Those suspects made off $310,000. The FBI says no one has been arrested for that crime and that the investigation is ongoing.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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