Employee thwarts jewelry store heist as suspect shot in Montgomery County: police
Thieves carve holes through walls to steal jewelry in Montgomery County heist
A group of thieves who created an intricate plan to rob Jems, Jewels and Gold store in the Shoppes at English Village in Horsham early Wednesday morning, were stopped in their tracks when police say an employee took action to defend themselves, and the store.
HORSHAM, Pa. - A group of jewelry thieves were stopped in their tracks when police say an employee took action to defend themselves, and the store.
Officers were called to the Jems, Jewels and Gold store in the Shoppes at English Village in Horsham early Wednesday morning.
Police say a gun was discharged after an employee interrupted the would-be burglary around 5 a.m.
Inside the store, they found a suspect suffering from a gunshot wound to the arm. He is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
MORE HEADLINES:
- Father, girlfriend charged in death of 'severely emaciated' 12-year-old girl: Chester County DA
- Philadelphia 'encampment resolution' will shut down parts of Kensington Avenue
- Ringleader of Philadelphia gun, drug trafficking group hit with over 200 charges: DA
FOX 29 was live on the scene as police investigated the scene with guns drawn, using a firetruck ladder to climb the store’s roof.
An unknown number of additional suspects are still being sought, but police say there is no threat to the public.
The thieves broke in by picking Massage Envy's front door lock, cutting a human-sized hole in the wax shop, then cutting another hole leading them to the jewelry store's safe room.
The devastating aftermath of the attempted robbery shows overturned furniture and floors littered with dry wall debris from the massive holes cut in the walls.
The incident left several neighboring businesses without electricity and many employees out of work Wednesday as they work to clean up thousands of dollars in damage.
The parking lot was reopened to the public around 7 a.m. Wednesday.