Two armed robbers handcuffed a security guard to a filing cabinet during a heist at an Advance America store Saturday evening, the first of three separate armed robberies during the night.

The security guard and a store employee were locking up the cash advance store at 7506 S. Anthony Blvd. about 6:30 p.m. Saturday when two men approached pointing black semiautomatic handguns at them. The men told them not to move, a Fort Wayne police report said.

One robber ordered the store employee to unlock the business and open the business safe. The other robber handcuffed the security guard to the cabinet door handle and tried several times to take the guard’s gun from its holster, the report said.

He eventually unholstered the .45-caliber gun and took it with him. The robbers took the store’s surveillance tape and ripped phone cords from the walls before fleeing on foot, the report said.

Both men were wearing hooded sweatshirts, ski masks and latex gloves, the report said.

Masked robbers disarm guard

A security guard was overtaken and his weapon taken during a robbery Saturday at Advance America Cash Advance, 7506 S. Anthony Blvd.

According to Fort Wayne Police, after the business closed around 6:30 p.m. the security guard and an employee were leaving when they were approached by two masked individuals, both armed with guns, and told to unlock the doors. When the doors opened, the alarm sounded. They went in, and the security guard was handcuffed to a cabinet door handle and the employee was forced to open the safe. After items were removed from the safe, the two armed individuals ripped phones from the walls before fleeing on foot.