Police say two armed suspects carrying rifles hit the truck around 9:45 a.m. while it was servicing a financial center, then fled in a blue Acura SUV that was later recovered with no arrests made. What do y’all think
Two masked suspects armed with assault rifles stole approximately $1.8 million from a Brink’s armored truck in Philadelphia’s Tacony neighborhood on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, around 9:45 a.m.. The robbery occurred on the 7200 block of Torresdale Avenue, with suspects fleeing in a blue car. No injuries were reported, and the FBI is investigating.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A pair of armed men stole $1.8 million from an armored truck in the Tacony section of Philadelphia on Tuesday morning, police sources told Action News.
The robbery happened around 9:45 a.m. in the 7200 block of Torresdale Avenue.
According to police, two men armed with assault rifles robbed the Brinks truck, and sources say the men fled in a blue getaway car.
An image that is part of the police investigation shows one of the masked suspects.
Police found the getaway car a short time later near Front Street and Fairmount Avenue in Northern Liberties.
The Action Cam was there as a blue Acura SUV was towed from the scene.
Action News learned that the truck was parked at the Torresdale bus loop and was servicing a Budget Financial Center at the time of the robbery.
Chopper 6 was over the scene, where the truck was seen pulled over on the side of the road.
No one was injured and no one is in custody.
The area is a busy business district. Police are talking with witnesses at the scene.
“We can see from our point of view was arguments and the car just took off on the sidewalk. That’s what I saw,” one witness told Action News. “And then, of course, when the cops came, that’s when they said we need to see the cameras. The store got robbed at gunpoint.”
The FBI is now leading this investigation, sources said.
