BLOOMBERG NEWS: Oct. 4 PHILADELPHIA — Two guards for Securitas AB’s Loomis cash-handling unit were killed during the robbery of an armored car this morning in the northeastern part of Philadelphia, police said. The robbery happened at about 8 a.m. local time in the parking lot of a Wachovia Bank branch near Bustleton and Bleigh avenues in the city’s Rhawnhurst section, Officer Tanya Little said in a telephone interview. MORE
INQUIRER: An intensive manhunt is underway in the Northeast for a lone gunman who shot dead two Loomis armored-truck guards and wounded another in a robbery attempt. The men who died were both retired police sergeants. Their identities have not been released pending notification of next of kin. Police said they hoped to release a surveillance tape of the incident later today to enlist the public’s help in capturing the gunman. A tape shows the gunman was sitting in a black car before the truck arrived at a Wachovia branch. He can be seen putting on a pair of black gloves, said authorities, who speculated that he was familiar with the truck’s route and schedule. MORE
