Employee thwarts jewelry store heist as suspect shot in Montgomery County: police

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Employee thwarts jewelry store heist as suspect shot in Montgomery County: police
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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.

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.

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