Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the T-Mobile store at 1600 N. Broad Street at around 8:25 Monday morning.
Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said that the suspect entered the store through the rear door, and displayed a gun toward at the store’s employees. He took two deposit bags contained $6,000, and then fled the scene, Leone added.
Leone said that surveillance cameras last captured footage of the suspect walking east on Oxford Street from 12th Street, and that photos from those cameras are being reviewed by both Temple and Philadelphia police.
A TU Alert was sent out about the incident at around 8:50 a.m. No injuries were reported.
The suspect was described as a thin-built male in his 20s, last seen wearing a dark blue sweatshirt, blue jeans, sunglasses, black and blue Jordan sneakers and carrying a blue and white T-Mobile store bag. Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact Temple Police at 215-204-1234.
Steve Bohnel can be reached at steven.bohnel@temple.edu or on Twitter @Steve_Bohnel.
