Two people were pistol-whipped during a violent robbery at a used car dealership in Pennsylvania on September 29.
Police in Lansdowne are still are searching for the two suspects who were caught in surveillance footage.
The robbery occurred at Fisher Auto Sale around 7.20am. The disturbing footage shows the two robbers in the back office assaulting the shop’s owner and a secretary.
Surveillance footage shows an armed robbery at Fisher Auto Sale in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. One robber attacks a secretary as the other pistol-whips the store’s owner in the back office
Robbery: The armed thieves burst into the office of the used car dealership and assault the owner and his secretary
The men knock both the secretary and the owner to the floor before they run out
Terrifying: The woman and the man reel as the violent robbers threaten them
The owner is shown in the video with blood running down his face after he is struck over the eye with a pistol because he was moving too slowly in giving the robbers money
Police say the two victims were pistol-whipped by the suspects, despite complying with their demands.
The robbers reportedly ran off with $800 in cash.
‘Michael and I were in the office playing cards. We go in early for the customers in case they come,’ the shop’s owner told CBS Philly. He did not wish to be identified by name.
The owner described the robbers as uncoordinated and in a hurry.
‘There was somebody walking by our front, and they let the dog out,’ the shop owner said.
‘I told them to get the dog back in and the one gunman was standing in the doorway with a gun and a mask and somebody passed by and kept going,’ he said.
Employee Michael Pascale said he was surprised that the loose dog barking didn’t cause anyone to come in and help.
The robbery occurred at Fisher Auto Sale in East Lansdowne, which has been open for 47 years
Employee Michael Pascale, pictured in an interview with CBS Philly, was in the store when the robbery occurred. He said he was surprised that no one intervened
The robbers reportedly got away with $800. Police are still pursuing them. The video grabs above show their faces close up after one of the robber’s mask slipped off
‘We stalled them as long as we could, figured cars driving by — somebody should have done something,’ he said.
The two men moved slowly to stall the robbery, so one of the robbers pistol-whipped him in the face.
Meanwhile, the other robber was fighting with the secretary in the back of the office, as shown in the video.
The owner was then pistol whipped in the face as the one robber tried to speed up the process.
One of the men’s masks slid up accidentally revealing his face during the robbery.
The business has been open for 47 years. The workers feel that neighbors could have been more helpful.
‘I have no problem going out of my way to help people, I don’t think I’m doing it any more,’ Pascale said.
‘It’s not worth it. No one’s gonna have your back, why should I have their back?’
Despite a cut to his eye – the owner will be okay.
The owner is shown handing over cash to the robbers as blood runs down his face