{"id":831037,"date":"2026-08-30T17:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831037\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T17:02:10","slug":"2nd-center-city-philadelphia-robbery-involving-ar-15-style-rifle-under-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/831037\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Center City Philadelphia robbery involving AR-15-style rifle under investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/tag\/philadelphia-police\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia police<\/a> are investigating another armed robbery in <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/place\/center-city-philadelphia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Center City<\/a> involving a suspect carrying what appeared to be an AR-15-style rifle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The latest incident happened around 2:15 a.m. Friday on the 1500 block of Sansom Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said a 23-year-old man and two friends were returning home when two masked men jumped out of a light gray or beige four-door sedan with tinted windows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to investigators, the suspects stole two gold chains from the victim&#8217;s neck and demanded his silver diamond watch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said one suspect was armed with an AR-15-style rifle, while the second suspect was carrying a black handgun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The robbers fled west on Sansom Street. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident comes less than a week after a<a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/police-searching-least-4-suspects-ar-15-style-rifle-used-center-city-philadelphia-armed-robbery\/19728307\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> similar robbery in Center City.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">READ MORE | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/police-searching-least-4-suspects-ar-15-style-rifle-used-center-city-philadelphia-armed-robbery\/19728307\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">At least 4 sought after AR-15-style rifle used in Center City Philadelphia armed robbery: Police<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three people were robbed at gunpoint early Sunday in Center City by masked men armed with handguns and what appeared to be an AR\u201115\u2011style rifle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said three people were robbed around 3 a.m. Sunday by masked men carrying what appeared to be an AR-15-style rifle on the 1500 block of Locust Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In that case, investigators said the suspects stole cellphones, watches, car keys, wallets, driver&#8217;s licenses and cash before fleeing in a Honda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities believe the two robberies are connected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No arrests have been made in either case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Anyone with information is asked to contact Philadelphia police by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; Philadelphia police are investigating another armed robbery in Center City involving a suspect carrying what&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[351988,23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-831037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-351988","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}