Welcoming a woman a man thought he could trust into his home led to a violent robbery with a baseball bat and now Philadelphia Police hope images of the suspects and a red pickup truck could help lead to justice.
Police released surveillance video Monday morning showing a pickup truck with "drywall" written across the tailgate that they believe is connected to Friday's early morning attack along the 1800 block of Cambria Street in the Kensington section of the city that left a man beaten, battered and robbed.
The 41-year-old victim was inside his home when a woman he thought he knew knocked on the door around 1:25 a.m. and asked to use the phone. She entered and left the door unlocked behind her, said police.
About one minute later, two men – one armed with a gun, the other a bat – entered the home through the unlocked door and began to attack him. As the victim struggled to grab the gun, he became aware that his friend was in on it, said police.
"To his surprise the female that he was with started scratching him in the face and that's when he realized that the female obviously had something to do with this," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. [[369397211, C]]
"It's pretty obvious that the female set up this 41-year-old-victim," said Small.
The attackers ransacked the home, turning over furniture, before getting away with cash from a water jar and a couple video game consoles, said investigators.
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Surveillance video shows the two men walking toward the home before the heist then running away in opposite directions along Jasper Street following the attack.
Investigators asked anyone with information to contact police. Police urged anyone who spots the suspects or the truck to call 911.
