Suspects wanted in botched armed robbery in West Philadelphia

Pamela Rosenthal

PHILADELPHIA, PA – A West Philadelphia business has been robbed by two suspects sought by the Philadelphia Police Department.

During the robbery in the Belmont neighborhood, one of the suspects was armed with a semi-automatic handgun. The other pointed a shotgun at the store cashier.

“It happened on January 18th, at 919 North 43rd Street. At 6:54 PM,” the PPD said in a statement. “Two masked males enter the New 43rd Street Supermarket. One of the males is armed with a semiautomatic handgun.”


The suspects threatened to kill the employee and attempted to access the register. They were not successful and fled the scene empty-handed, police reported.

There were no injuries reported in the botched robbery.

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