{"id":271394,"date":"2026-08-24T19:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271394\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T19:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T19:08:08","slug":"ar-15-style-rifle-used-in-gunpoint-robberies-in-center-city-philadelphia-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/271394\/","title":{"rendered":"AR-15-style rifle used in gunpoint robberies in Center City Philadelphia: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Philadelphia police are investigating after three people were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday in Center City.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police say the suspects were masked men, armed with handguns and what appeared to be an AR-15-style rifle.<\/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 dark gray Honda Accord, got out and approached three individuals on the block while displaying firearms &#8212; including one that appeared to be an AR-15-style rifle.<\/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 TjIXL aGjvy \">A video of one of the incidents, which was posted on social media, is part of the investigation.<\/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 215-686-TIPS.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Philadelphia police are investigating after three people were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday in Center&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[114134,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-271394","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\/271394","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=271394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}