'It's our time now.' That's what a group of Temple University students said to themselves as they were locked in a basement of an off-campus apartment by armed robbers. Some were able to message for help using their laptops.
Some of the victims were able to get a hold of their laptops while they were locked in the basement room. They messaged anyone they could think of to call 9-1-1 and report that they were being held up.A group of Temple University students is speaking about their frightening ordeal early Friday morning when two masked men entered their off-campus apartment, armed with a gun, and robbed them.
There were 11 students inside at the time of the robbery. Six female residents, three of their boyfriends and two female friends were sleeping over."I think the sad part is, we all talked in the room, we all realized once they came into the room, everyone was kind of like 'oh, it's our time now,'" one student said.Out front were the two masked suspects. Philadelphia Police Captain Michael Goodson said at least one had a gun.
"We were all just woken up. There was a guy with a gun. He came into a couple of our rooms. He made one of us go and wake up the rest of the roommates with the guy with the gun," a second student said.The suspects kept asking the students, "Where are the drugs? Where are the drugs?" All the victims were unharmed but shaken as they were forced to hand over their cell phones, debit cards along with their PIN numbers and car keys.
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