Crime & Safety

West Philadelphia Daycare Robbed At Gunpoint, Suspects Use Pepper Spray In Room Full Of Toddlers: Police

"It's just a tragedy that this happened here in our neighborhood," a woman said.

(Renee Schiavone/Patch)

April 2, 2022

It was a terrifying afternoon at a West Philadelphia daycare center. Young children were inside the Munchkins to Masterminds Daycare on West Girard Avenue when armed robbers held up the building and released pepper spray.

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Staff and toddlers were checked out at the daycare. No one was injured. Police say this was all over an iPad.

“It’s just a tragedy that this happened here in our neighborhood,” a woman said.

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