PHOENIX -- A pair of armed robbers used a chemical spray to disable an armored car guard as she emptied an automated teller machine in west Phoenix on Tuesday, Phoenix police said.
Police said three guards in a Loomis armored van arrived at the Bank of America near 77th Avenue and Thomas Road around 9:30 a.m. to service the ATMs. One guard, 23-year-old Kelly King, got out of the van; the other two stayed inside.
Police said two men dressed in black, wearing black ski masks, parked their white sedan in the adjacent lane as King was emptying one of the drive-through ATMs.
One of the men had a gun; the other forced King to the ground and sprayed her with a mace-like chemical agent to disable her, according to police.
Police said the other two Loomis guards, 46-year-old Kathy Gates and 23-year-old Adam Lopez, remained in the armored van as the robbers grabbed King's bag and fled. Police did not say what was in the bag.
Police said none of the guards were injured.
Around 10:15 a.m., police said, a security guard at Lowe's near 75th Avenue and McDowell Road saw a white sedan with two men inside drive through the store's parking lot. One of the men threw a bag out the window and the car drove off.
When the security guard saw the Loomis logo on the bag, police said, he notified two officers who happened to be nearby.
Police said they found rubber bands in the bag.
Police were unable to locate the robbers but said witnesses at the bank might provide helpful information. Anyone with information is asked to call Phoenix police at 602-262-6141 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
Investigators said they have not linked Tuesday's robbery to any others.
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Police said three guards in a Loomis armored van arrived at the Bank of America near 77th Avenue and Thomas Road around 9:30 a.m. to service the ATMs. One guard, 23-year-old Kelly King, got out of the van; the other two stayed inside.
Police said two men dressed in black, wearing black ski masks, parked their white sedan in the adjacent lane as King was emptying one of the drive-through ATMs.
One of the men had a gun; the other forced King to the ground and sprayed her with a mace-like chemical agent to disable her, according to police.
Police said the other two Loomis guards, 46-year-old Kathy Gates and 23-year-old Adam Lopez, remained in the armored van as the robbers grabbed King's bag and fled. Police did not say what was in the bag.
Police said none of the guards were injured.
Around 10:15 a.m., police said, a security guard at Lowe's near 75th Avenue and McDowell Road saw a white sedan with two men inside drive through the store's parking lot. One of the men threw a bag out the window and the car drove off.
When the security guard saw the Loomis logo on the bag, police said, he notified two officers who happened to be nearby.
Police said they found rubber bands in the bag.
Police were unable to locate the robbers but said witnesses at the bank might provide helpful information. Anyone with information is asked to call Phoenix police at 602-262-6141 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
Investigators said they have not linked Tuesday's robbery to any others.
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