PHILADELHPIA — Philadelphia police are investigating a string of armed home invasions involving Temple University students at off-campus housing.
The most recent incident occurred Monday around 6:18 a.m., when police say two men dressed in all black entered a home on the 1900 block of North 18th Street, several blocks from the university. One of the suspects wore a mask and was armed with an Uzi-style weapon, police said.
Four people, including two male Temple students, were inside the home at the time, according to ABC Philadelphia station WPVI. On Nov. 9 at around 4:40 a.m., three masked men in dark clothing -- two of whom were armed with guns -- entered a home also located on the 1900 block of North 18th Street, police said. They"approached" three 19-year-old female victims and fled the scene with a laptop, backpack, car keys and identification, police said. No one was injured.
Barone said she tried to call to warn her two roommates, but they were asleep. She then called 911. The men locked her two roommates in one room while forcing Barone to hand over her belongings, including her cellphone, she said. They fled when they realized she had called 911, she said.
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