Physical Plant worker robbed at gunpoint The employee was not injured, and police have not yet made any arrests in connection with the robbery, which occurred at approximately 4 a.m. University Detective John Peterson explained that one of the perpetrators brandished a small, black semiautomatic handgun while the other ripped open the employee's uniform and stole his wallet and a Physical Plant walkie-talkie. The handgun-wielding suspect was described as a 30-year-old, 6' black male weighing 160 pounds with a thin mustache and wearing dark jeans. The other suspect was described as a 6', 160-pound black male in his mid-20s, wearing dark clothing. Detective Brian Grevious of the Philadelphia Police Southwest Detectives Bureau is leading the investigation, Peterson said. -- Scott Lanman
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