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07-30-2008, 10:56 AM
Armored Truck Guard Shot During Ambush
Second Incident In South Florida Involving Armored Truck In Day
POSTED: 4:04 pm EDT July 22, 2008
UPDATED: 7:38 pm EDT July 22, 2008
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. -- An armored truck guard was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery Tuesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at a CVS pharmacy at 16550 NE Sixth Ave. in northeast Miami-Dade County, just hours after two men robbed a Brinks armored truck in Pompano Beach.
Police said the Garda armored truck driver saw his partner shot by two men with assault rifles while the guard was leaving the store. When the men attempted to get away in a sport utility vehicle, the armored truck driver tried to stop them.
"The driver of the armored vehicle saw what was going on," Miami-Dade police Detective Nelda Fonticiella said. "He rammed the vehicle deliberately."
Police said the men fled the SUV, crossed the street and escaped in a white Ford Taurus with tinted windows.
It was unclear if the gunmen got away with any money.
Earlier in the day, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the Wachovia bank in the 400 block of East Sample Road shortly before 9:30 a.m.
Detectives said two men armed with handguns and wearing bandanas over their faces held up the Brinks guard as he was making a delivery. The thieves took several bags of cash and drove off west toward Interstate 95.
The thieves also got away with the guard's gun, BSO spokesman Mike Jachles said.
The getaway car is described as being a silver or gray, late-model Toyota or Honda with dark-tinted windows and damage to the left front end.
BSO and the FBI were interviewing the guard and armored truck driver. They were also reviewing the bank's surveillance video to determine if the robbers were caught on camera.
Second Incident In South Florida Involving Armored Truck In Day
POSTED: 4:04 pm EDT July 22, 2008
UPDATED: 7:38 pm EDT July 22, 2008
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. -- An armored truck guard was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery Tuesday.
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at a CVS pharmacy at 16550 NE Sixth Ave. in northeast Miami-Dade County, just hours after two men robbed a Brinks armored truck in Pompano Beach.
Police said the Garda armored truck driver saw his partner shot by two men with assault rifles while the guard was leaving the store. When the men attempted to get away in a sport utility vehicle, the armored truck driver tried to stop them.
"The driver of the armored vehicle saw what was going on," Miami-Dade police Detective Nelda Fonticiella said. "He rammed the vehicle deliberately."
Police said the men fled the SUV, crossed the street and escaped in a white Ford Taurus with tinted windows.
It was unclear if the gunmen got away with any money.
Earlier in the day, Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the Wachovia bank in the 400 block of East Sample Road shortly before 9:30 a.m.
Detectives said two men armed with handguns and wearing bandanas over their faces held up the Brinks guard as he was making a delivery. The thieves took several bags of cash and drove off west toward Interstate 95.
The thieves also got away with the guard's gun, BSO spokesman Mike Jachles said.
The getaway car is described as being a silver or gray, late-model Toyota or Honda with dark-tinted windows and damage to the left front end.
BSO and the FBI were interviewing the guard and armored truck driver. They were also reviewing the bank's surveillance video to determine if the robbers were caught on camera.