Video shows gunmen robbing South Philadelphia delicatessen

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Monday, February 29, 2016
VIDEO: Gunmen rob S. Philly deli
Police are asking for the public?s help identifying two masked gunmen caught on camera robbing a delicatessen in South Philadelphia.

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are asking for the public's help identifying two masked gunmen caught on camera robbing a delicatessen in South Philadelphia.

It happened on January 27th at 6:50 p.m. at the El Oasis Deli in the 1600 block of South 6th Street.

Surveillance video shows the men walking into the story, pulling out handguns and forcing a worker to open the cash register.

They fled with an undetermined amount of cash and two iPhones (one pink, one silver).

They were last seen fleeing north on 6th Street then west on Tasker Street.

Police have released the following descriptions of the suspects:

Suspect #1: Black male, 20 years-of-age, thin build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black ski mask, gray sweat pants, dark colored boots, and armed with a handgun.

Suspect #2: Black male, 20 years-of-age, thin build, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with bubble letters on front and back, light colored jeans, armed with a handgun.

Anyone with information about this crime or these suspects is asked to contact: Detective McAndrews or Detective Spadaccini at the Philadelphia Police South Detective Division, 215-686-3013/3014.