Two masked gunmen shot at armored car guards and got away with a bag full of cash in a daring daylight robbery on the grounds of Cable Bahamas on Robinson Road Friday.<\/p>\n
The robbery took place shortly after 3:00pm as armed guards were exiting Cable Bahamas’ business office with the day’s cash deposits, according to police press liaison Sergeant Chrislyn Skippings.<\/p>\n
Cable Bahamas Director of Public Affairs Dr. Keith Wisdom said that the ordeal began shortly after the armored car pulled up.<\/p>\n
“A female employee of Cable Bahamas was exiting the business office, when she dropped her keys behind a car,” said Dr. Wisdom.<\/p>\n
“When she bent down to pick up her keys and that\u2019s when she noticed that two masked men were coming out of that car.”<\/p>\n
Dr. Wisdom said video surveillance footage revealed that the men were waiting in the car casing the location for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n
The two gunmen hopped out as the guards were leaving the building holding at least one deposit bag, according to police.<\/p>\n
The gunmen demanded that the guards hand over the cash and fired a shot at them, according to Dr. Wisdom, who added that none of the guards was hit.<\/p>\n
One of the gunmen then approached the guards and grabbed a deposit bag, the one of the guards was holding, said Dr. Wisdom.<\/p>\n
He added that after a brief struggle the guard let the bag go.<\/p>\n
Dr. Wisdom said they got away with an unspecified amount of cash when they sped off in the same car they arrived in.<\/p>\n
He added that it appeared that the men switched cars in the parking lot of the Solomon\u2019s Supermarket shopping center.<\/p>\n
Numerous police units to the distress call yesterday.<\/p>\n
Dr. Wisdom described the police response was “tremendous”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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