{"id":270992,"date":"2026-08-24T02:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270992\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T02:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T02:40:19","slug":"3-victims-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-center-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/270992\/","title":{"rendered":"3 victims robbed at gunpoint in Center City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6abc Digital Staff Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/16248352_2024-wpvi-generic-6abc-logo-on-white-background-img-v3.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, August 24, 2026 2:11AM<\/p>\n<p>3 victims robbed at gunpoint in Center City<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Three people were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday in Center City by masked men armed with handguns and what appeared to be an AR15style rifle, according to Philadelphia police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officers responded around 3 a.m. to the 1500 block of Locust Street for a report of a robbery in progress. Police said three males arrived in a gray Hyundai, got out and approached three individuals on the block while displaying firearms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Two of the victims complied when the men ordered them to the ground, police said. A third victim was struck in the face with a handgun during an altercation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The robbers took cellphones, watches, car keys, wallets, driver&#8217;s licenses and cash before fleeing eastbound on Locust Street in the Hyundai, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The case is being investigated by the Central Detective Division. Police are asking anyone with information to contact the department&#8217;s tip line at 215686TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, August 24, 2026 2:11AM 3 victims robbed at gunpoint in Center City PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Three people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[114134,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-270992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-114134","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}