On October 9, 2023, at 12:26 am, an employee of Bally’s Pizza located at 5200 N. Mascher Street was loading his pick-up truck in front of the establishment, when a white SUV, possibly a GMC Acadia with a partial PA# Tag JFK-44 stopped in front of him occupied by four (4) unknown persons who got out of the vehicle, two of them were armed with firearms. One of the other suspects grabbed a large piece of pipe and threatened the employee with it forcing the employee back into the restaurant.
While inside the restaurant a second employee was in the shop closing it. The suspects showed him at least one of the firearms demanding money from the cash registers. After complying with the suspects demands the employee the suspects took $3000 from the drawer. The suspects then went through both of the employees’ pockets, demanding any money they had. When neither of the complainants could produce any money, the suspects fled the shop into their vehicle and were last seen south on N. Mascher Street.