Abington Police Search For Armed Robbery Suspects

ABINGTON, PA — Township police investigators are looking for two men involved in the robbery and assault of a man during the early morning hours this past Sunday.

Police said they responded to a call around 2:06 a.m. in the 1600 block of Rockwell Road, where they found an 18-year-old man bleeding heavily from his head, according to a police department news release.

The victim told police he was approached by an unknown person who demanded money from him before striking the victim in the face with a handgun.

Another victim, whom police located a short time later, told officers that he was friends with the first victim, and that the two were walking to meet some other friends when they were approached by the two men, police said.

The second victim began to run away and the second suspect gave chase until he caught up with the second victim on the porch of a nearby home.

The second victim described the second assailant as a black man with a medium complexion, wearing a ski mask, hooded sweatshirt, jeans and red shoes, according to police.

The second victim told police that this suspect pointed a black handgun with a laser sight at him and ordered him to, “Give that [expletive] up,” according to the news release.

That suspect took the second victim’s cash and sneakers and then fled the area.

The first victim, meanwhile, was transported to Abington Jefferson Hospital where he was treated for his facial injuries and later released.

Police believe that the suspects and the attackers may have known each other, and that this did not appear to have been a random assault.

Anyone with information regarding the incident is being asked to contact the Abington Township Police Department’s Detective Division at 267-536-1100.