Workers were sprayed with mace when a jewelry store at the Philadelphia Mills Mall was robbed on Saturday night, detectives said.
According to police, at about 7:19 p.m. officers responded to a store called "Javier the Jeweler" after four men, allegedly, stormed the shop and sprayed the 33-year-old store owner and his employees with pepper spray.
The men then began smashing the store's displays with sledgehammers, before stealing various pieces of jewelry, officials said.
After the incident, the mall was immediately evacuated.
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On social media, the shop posted that they would be closed until Tuesday, due to reasons out of the store's control.
It is unclear what was taken until store employees do inventory, law enforcement officials said.
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No one was hurt, and investigators said that no arrests have yet been made.
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