Crime & Safety

Masked Gunman Robs Warminster Hotel

Witnesses told officers that a man wearing a mask and armed with a handgun walked into the hotel lobby and demanded money.

Witnesses told officers that a man wearing a mask and armed with a gun walked into the hotel lobby and demanded money.
Witnesses told officers that a man wearing a mask and armed with a gun walked into the hotel lobby and demanded money. (Image via Warminster Police Department)

WARMINSTER, PA — A masked man with a gun robbed the Holiday Inn Express hotel in Warminster in the early morning hours Thursday, according to police.

Warminster Police say the robbery happened at about 2:35 a.m. at the hotel at 240 Veterans Hwy.

Witnesses told officers that a man wearing a mask and armed with a handgun walked into the hotel lobby and demanded money from the clerk. The gunman took an undisclosed amount of csh and ran away, police said.

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Warminster and Abington Police K9 units searched the area, but were unable to find the man. No one was injured during the robbery, police said.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to contact Warminster Police at 215-672-1000.

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