Police reports indicate that 18 ATM machines were “blown apart” during two nights of rioting in Philadelphia. The incidents took place as rioters and looters ransacked the city following the shooting of an armed black man.
Fox29 Philadelphia reporter Steve Keeley tweeted police reports showing multiple ATM machines being “blown apart” by looters attempting to steal cash from the machines. The reports indicate the destruction of 18 ATM machines throughout the Philadelphia area during two nights of rioting and looting.
2/2 @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/J6CmU9dI52
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) October 28, 2020
His report filed with Fox29 shows the level of destruction applied to two ATM machines at the TD Bank located at the Walmart that was pillaged Tuesday night.
Philadelphia bomb squad investigators are looking into the series of explosions at ATMs across the city.
ABC6 in Philadelphia also reported on the large number of explosions involving ATMs. Video obtained from a grocery store in West Philadelphia shows the destruction for one of the machines. Looters open the machine and set off a second explosion, the report states.
Keeley reported the ATM at the TD Bank costs about $70,000 each. This bank lost two machines in the overnight looting rampage. Keeley said many banks will think about not replacing the ATMs or even closing the branches because of the vandalism and looting.
These machines cost $70k each staffer told FOX29 News. You may think banks can afford to replace but he says these repeated incidents have banks consider whether to not replace them or shut a branch down altogether leaving residents here with no ATM or local branch @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/3vPaQLK4fN
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) October 28, 2020
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