Two masked men robbed a Marshalls store in South Philadelphia early Monday morning, getting away with $35,000 to $40,000, according to Philadelphia Police.
Just before 5 a.m. the masked men took a Marshalls employee at gunpoint while he was taking out the trash at 2000 S Swanson Street, cops said.
The two suspects locked all of the employees in a break room and took the store manager to open the safe. They forced the manager to empty the safe, removed the money and locked the manager in the safe.
All the employees were released when police arrived, but the gunmen were long gone from the store but not before being seen on surveillance video inside the store.
No injuries were reported.
The suspects are described as light-skinned males, both about 6-feet to 6-feet-2-inches tall, wearing dark clothing, masks and gloves.
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