A mob of teens armed with guns and garden tools terrorized a pizza shop in Philadelphia and then abducted a 22-year-old man from a nearby bus stop.
Philadelphia police are on the hunt for a group of four men in their late teens or early twenties who have been wreaking havoc in the city.
The group of boys robbed a pizza place and then abducted a man to steal his money and belongings all in one night.
Armed with weapons, the hooligans were caught on CCTV entering the pizza shop – Bally’s Pizza – at 12:26 am on October 9 as an employee was closing up.
Before entering the pizza place on Mascher Street in the city’s Olney section – they had pulled up in a white SUV to where one employee was loading his pick up truck in front of the restaurant.
Philadelphia police are on the hunt for a group of four men in their late teens or early twenties who have been wreaking havoc in the city
Salin Jnou was the employee in charge of wrapping up that night, he said: ‘I never seen a gun on the front of my face until I seen them here in my store’
They then forced the worker inside and hopped over the store’s barrier to close in on the other employee – threatening him with their weapons, which were two firearms and a dangerous garden tool of some kind.
Salin Jnou was the employee in charge of wrapping up that night, he said: ‘I never seen a gun on the front of my face until I seen them here in my store.
‘I was shaking, I was worried. But I didn’t do anything wrong, whatever they tell me I said, ‘OK.’ My hand on the top. Whatever they asked me for I said, ‘OK guys, OK guys, OK guys’ until they left,’ Jnou said.
‘He jumped on the counter with a gun and said, ‘Give me money! More, more, more money!’’ owner Nikolaos Calivas told FOX 29.
The suspects took $3,000 from the cash drawer and went through both of the employee’s pockets for more money.
Calivas said they demanded to know where the safe was – but he said his restaurant has no safe.
‘We are scared to work now on the streets. You have to have eyes from behind, too, and eyes all over,’ Calivas said. ‘It’s hard, it’s really hard. We hope from city to do something for us. We need to feel safe.’
‘We are scared to work now on the streets. You have to have eyes from behind, too, and eyes all over,’ restaurant owner Calivas said. ‘It’s hard, it’s really hard. We hope from city to do something for us. We need to feel safe’
Just hours after their first attack – two boys from the white SUV approached a 22-year-old man waiting for the bus. The boys forced the 22-year-old into the SUV – where a third male was waiting in the driver’s seat
They fled when neither employee had any more money to give them.
Just hours after their first attack – two boys from the white SUV approached a 22-year-old man waiting for the bus.
The boys forced the 22-year-old into the SUV – where a third male was waiting in the driver’s seat.
After being abducted by the suspects – the man was driven around as they demanded money from him.
They drove to a nearby laundromat where the teens forced the man to draw money from an ATM three separate times.
Eventually – the suspects dropped the victim off near the laundromat, but they stole his phone, Apple Watch, Air Pods and other belongings as well as an undetermined amount of money, according to the Philadelphia State Police Department.
Armed with weapons, the hooligans were caught on CCTV entering the pizza shop – Bally’s Pizza – at 12:26 am on October 9 as an employee was closing up
The suspects took $3,000 from the cash drawer and went through both of the employee’s pockets for more money
Philadelphia residents have decried a recent spate of violent crime that has seen more than 750 people shot since the end of May, as a series of high profile incidents have rocked the crime-ridden city
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Police said they made at least 52 arrests. Burglary, theft and other counts were filed against at least 30 people, all but three of them adults, according to Jane Roh, spokesperson for the Philadelphia district attorney’s office.
Philadelphia residents denounced a recent spate of violent crime that has saw than 750 people shot since the end of May, as a series of high profile incidents have rocked the crime-ridden city.
Philadelphia’s newly elected mayor will have her work cut out for her in the crime-ridden city.
The city voted in a Democrat Mayor who vowed to crackdown on crime in the troubled city by backing stop-and-frisk tactics.
Democrat Cherelle Parker (pictured) was elected in a landslide vote on Tuesday night to become Philadelphia’s 100th mayor after holding office at state and local level
Republican candidate David Oh (pictured) failed to seriously threaten Parker who became the Philadelphia’s first female mayor
Cherelle Parker, 51, was elected last night in a landslide vote to become the city’s 100th mayor, and the first female mayor, having held office at state and local level.
Parker emerged from a crowded field in the May party primary as the only leading Black candidate, and was heavily favored over Republican David Oh in the Democratic stronghold city.
She is also the first Black woman to hold the post after building her campaign on a promise to make Philadelphia the ‘safest, cleanest, greenest big city’ in the nation.
Parker has also been outspoken in her support for law enforcement more than other Democrats in the City of Brotherly Love, which includes wanting to bring in the use stop-and-frisk for officers.