Chopper 6 was over Philadelphia's Crescentville section as police tackled the suspect and took him into custody.
It holdup happened at 8:30 p.m. at the Pizza Hut restaurant at the Rising Sun Plaza Shopping Center on the 500 block of Adams Avenue.
Officers say the 43-year-old suspect robbed the business at gunpoint.
Only Action News was there as police recovered what appeared to be a semi-automatic rifle with the stock removed from a wooded area not far from the plaza.
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