A gunman and his accomplice burst into the off-campus home of some Temple University students and demanded to know “where the person with the money?”
The armed thieves wound up making off with $5,000 and a quarter pound of marijuana during the ordeal that targeted a two roommates and a woman inside a home along the 1500 block of N 13th Street late Tuesday night, said Philadelphia Police.
A 21-year-old man, a 23-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman told Temple University Police the incident began as the woman and one of the men returned from a trip to Taco Bell to find a man in his early- to mid-20s, wearing a black hoodie, black skull cap and gloves hiding behind a grill near the front door. The man behind the grill said, "Yo, I’m tripping; who lives in here?"
Police said the duo tried to quickly get inside the residence and close the door but the suspect pushed his way inside pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and forced the duo to the floor. He then screamed out, "Where the person with the money?"
The resident screamed for his roommate who then opened his ground floor bedroom door. The suspect then forced all three onto the bed as his accomplice – a man in his early- to mid-20s with short dropped hair who was wearing a gray hoodie and gloves – entered the room and asked, "Where’s the Money?"
The armed man then forced one of the victims to open a bedroom safe. The two suspects then took the cash and drugs before running out the back door.
No students were hurt, said Temple University..
