PHILADELPHIA — Two armed men stole $1.8 million from an armored truck in Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, police sources told ABC. And in.
The robbery happened around 9:45 a.m
According to police, two men armed with assault rifles robbed a Brinks truck, and sources say the men fled in a blue car to get away.
Police believe they have found the getaway car in Philadelphia. The blue Acura SUV was towed from the scene.
Police believe they found the getaway car near Front Street and Vermont Avenue in Northern Liberties.
WPVI has learned that the truck was serving the Budget Financial Center at the time of the theft.
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A WPVI helicopter was above the scene, where the truck was seen parked on the side of the road.
Police are on the scene of an armored truck robbery in the Tacony section of Philadelphia.
No one was injured and no one is in custody.
The area is a busy commercial area. Police are speaking with witnesses at the scene.
“We can see from our vantage point that there were fights and the car just took off down the sidewalk. That’s what I saw,” one witness said. “And then, of course, when the cops came, they said we need to see the cameras. The store was robbed at gunpoint.”
The FBI is now leading this investigation, sources said.
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