Man robbed of $12K casino winnings in South Philadelphia

SOUTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police say a man, who won $12,000 at the SugarHouse Casino, was robbed as he returned to his South Philadelphia home.

It happened around 5:00 Saturday morning on South Mildred Street.

The victim says he took a taxi home and the moment the cab dropped him off, a masked gunman came out of nowhere.

"'Get on the ground or I'll kill you.' I put my hands up and I actually laid in my neighbor's - she's got a little bed of rocks next door and there was a flower pot there. He said, 'Put the pot over your head, don't look at me or I'll put a bullet in your head.' He reached in both my pockets and took everything that I had. When I got up and actually called the cops I had 50 cents in my pocket," said the victim, who we are not identifying.

The gunman fled by car and the victim immediately called police.

Police were able to track pings on the victim's stolen iPhone and they chased two suspects through South Philadelphia and right back to the casino in Philadelphia's Fishtown section.

One of the suspects abandoned a dark blue Nissan and fled into the casino on foot before being caught in the men's room.

The victim was able to identify one of the men.

Sources tell Action News that two suspects are being held at South Detectives. Their names have not yet been released.